Mallobathra campbellica
Mallobathra campbellica is a moth of the family Psychidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.
Mallobathra campbellica | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Psychidae |
Genus: | Mallobathra |
Species: | M. campbellica |
Binomial name | |
Mallobathra campbellica Dugdale, 1971[1] | |
Taxonomy
This species was first described by John Stewart Dugdale in 1971.[2] The female holotype specimen was collected by Guillermo Kuschel in January at Beeman Camp on Campbell Island and is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[3]
Description
Dugdale described the larvae of this species as follows:
D setae on 1st abdominal segment on two pinacula D1 (anterior, D1, D2 posterior); SV group tri-setose above each proleg; metathoracic posterior sternal setae closer together than anterior setae.[2]
Dugdale described the adult female of this species as follows:
Head with slender yellow scales; forewings with patches of yellowish scales on a purplish brown, slightly iridescent ground, hindwings dark grey, abdomen dark grey, scent gland scales long, hair-like, crimped at mid-length, pale yellow. Length (vertex to wing tip): 7.4 mm.[2]
Distribution
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This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.[1][2][4]
Behaviour
The adults are on the wing in December and January.[2]
Habitat
The adults of this species inhabit sheltered clearings amongst scrub where as the larvae inhabit leaf litter.[2]
References
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- Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- J. S. Dugdale (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 139–141. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.
- John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 69. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- Brian Patrick (March 1994). "Antipodes Island Lepidoptera". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24 (1): 113. doi:10.1080/03014223.1994.9517457. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54583729.