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|Palaeomicra doroxena|Meyrick, 1888 |
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|Micropardalis doroxena|Meyrick, |
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|Sabatinca dorozena|(Meyrick, 1912) |
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==Taxonomy== |
==Taxonomy== |
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It was described by [[Edward Meyrick]] in 1888 using a specimen collected in the [[Waitākere Ranges]] in [[Agathis australis|Kauri forest]] in December and was originally named ''Palaeomicra doroxena''.<ref name="LepIndex">{{LepIndex|id=137666|accessdate=May 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Meyrick|first=Edward|date=1888|title=Descriptions on New Zealand Tineina|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3746403|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|language=en|volume=20|pages=77–106|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> In 2014 the taxonomy of this species was revised and it was placed within the genus ''[[Sabatinca]]''.<ref name=":1" /> As a result this species is now known as ''Sabatinca doroxena''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Gibbs|first=G. W.|date=2014|title=Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera).|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/76327/FNZ_MicropterigidaeHQ_20140630.pdf|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|volume=72|pages=1–127|via=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd}}</ref> |
It was described by [[Edward Meyrick]] in 1888 using a specimen collected in the [[Waitākere Ranges]] in [[Agathis australis|Kauri forest]] in December and was originally named ''Palaeomicra doroxena''.<ref name="LepIndex">{{LepIndex|id=137666|accessdate=May 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Meyrick|first=Edward|date=1888|title=Descriptions on New Zealand Tineina|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3746403|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|language=en|volume=20|pages=77–106|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> In 1912 Meyrick placed this species within the genus ''Micropardalis.''<ref name="Meyrick1912">{{CiteQ|Q109405898}}</ref> Both [[George Hudson (entomologist)|George Hudson]] in his 1928 book ''The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand'' and [[J. S. Dugdale]] in his 1988 ''Catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera'' used the name ''Micropardalis doroxena'' when discussing this species.<ref name="Hudson1928">{{CiteQ|Q58593286|pages= 367}}</ref><ref name="Dugdale">{{CiteQ|Q45083134|pages=52}}</ref> In 2014 the taxonomy of this species was revised and it was placed within the genus ''[[Sabatinca]]''.<ref name=":1" /> As a result this species is now known as ''Sabatinca doroxena''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Gibbs|first=G. W.|date=2014|title=Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera).|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/76327/FNZ_MicropterigidaeHQ_20140630.pdf|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|volume=72|pages=1–127|via=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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{{quote|Female wingspan 11 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous, sides of crown brown. Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen dark grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with pale ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique; neuration quite as in P. chalcophanes, but 7 and 8 separate; pale shining golden; two rather narrow oblique coppery-bronze fasciæ from costa near base and at {{frac|1|3}}, confluent on inner margin before middle; a straight rather narrow whitish-purplish fascia, margined with coppery-bronze, from middle of costa to inner margin beyond middle; a whitish-purplish black-margined transverse spot from costa at {{frac|2|3}}, reaching half across wing; a black semi-annular mark, its extremities touching costa at {{frac|4|5}} and apex, marked with three shining whitish-purplish spots, and including a spot of ground-colour which contains a black costal dot; a semi-oval black anal blotch, not marginal except at extremities, containing three shining whitish-purplish spots near lower edge, and one in a small projection on upper edge: cilia pale golden, with blackish apical, median, and anal spots. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia grey.<ref name=":0" />}} |
{{quote|Female wingspan 11 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous, sides of crown brown. Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen dark grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with pale ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique; neuration quite as in P. chalcophanes, but 7 and 8 separate; pale shining golden; two rather narrow oblique coppery-bronze fasciæ from costa near base and at {{frac|1|3}}, confluent on inner margin before middle; a straight rather narrow whitish-purplish fascia, margined with coppery-bronze, from middle of costa to inner margin beyond middle; a whitish-purplish black-margined transverse spot from costa at {{frac|2|3}}, reaching half across wing; a black semi-annular mark, its extremities touching costa at {{frac|4|5}} and apex, marked with three shining whitish-purplish spots, and including a spot of ground-colour which contains a black costal dot; a semi-oval black anal blotch, not marginal except at extremities, containing three shining whitish-purplish spots near lower edge, and one in a small projection on upper edge: cilia pale golden, with blackish apical, median, and anal spots. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia grey.<ref name=":0" />}} |
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Adults have a black wing margin decorated with shining silver spots and various diagonal bands. It is |
Adults have a black wing margin decorated with shining silver spots and various diagonal bands. It has been hypothesised that the pattern is intended to represent a face-on view of a jumping spider. Instead of waiting motionlessly, it is thought the spider would be tempted to signal to an image of another spider, thus allowing the moth to escape predation.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Distribution == |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Sabatinca |
| Species: | S. doroxena
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Sabatinca doroxena is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 using a specimen collected in the Waitākere Ranges in Kauri forest in December and was originally named Palaeomicra doroxena.[2][3] In 1912 Meyrick placed this species within the genus Micropardalis.[4] Both George Hudson in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand and J. S. Dugdale in his 1988 Catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera used the name Micropardalis doroxena when discussing this species.[5][6] In 2014 the taxonomy of this species was revised and it was placed within the genus Sabatinca.[1] As a result this species is now known as Sabatinca doroxena.[1]
Description
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Meyrick described the adults of the species as follows:
Female wingspan 11 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous, sides of crown brown. Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen dark grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with pale ochreous. Forewings oblong, costa abruptly bent near base, thence gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique; neuration quite as in P. chalcophanes, but 7 and 8 separate; pale shining golden; two rather narrow oblique coppery-bronze fasciæ from costa near base and at 1⁄3, confluent on inner margin before middle; a straight rather narrow whitish-purplish fascia, margined with coppery-bronze, from middle of costa to inner margin beyond middle; a whitish-purplish black-margined transverse spot from costa at 2⁄3, reaching half across wing; a black semi-annular mark, its extremities touching costa at 4⁄5 and apex, marked with three shining whitish-purplish spots, and including a spot of ground-colour which contains a black costal dot; a semi-oval black anal blotch, not marginal except at extremities, containing three shining whitish-purplish spots near lower edge, and one in a small projection on upper edge: cilia pale golden, with blackish apical, median, and anal spots. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia grey.[3]
Adults have a black wing margin decorated with shining silver spots and various diagonal bands. It has been hypothesised that the pattern is intended to represent a face-on view of a jumping spider. Instead of waiting motionlessly, it is thought the spider would be tempted to signal to an image of another spider, thus allowing the moth to escape predation.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gibbs, G. W. (2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72: 1–127 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sabatinca doroxena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions on New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 77–106 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (1912). "Lepidoptera Heterocera: family Micropterigidae". Genera Insectorum. Fasc 132: 1–9. Wikidata Q109405898.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 367, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 52. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.