Cryptolechia rhodobapta

Cryptolechia rhodobapta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Cryptolechia rhodobapta
Painting of Cryptolechia rhodobapta by George Hudson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cryptolechia
Species:
C. rhodobapta
Binomial name
Cryptolechia rhodobapta

Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923 using a male specimen collected in Takapuna, Auckland in January.[2][3] This species was discussed and illustrated under this name by George Hudson in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[4] However the placement of this species within the genus Cryptolechia is in doubt.[1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Cryptolechia (s.l.) rhodobapta.[5] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]

Description

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are rosy-lilac-brownish, with the costal edge ferruginous. The stigmata are small, indistinct and dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an obtusely angulated subterminal series of indistinct short interneural dark-fuscous dashes. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

References
  1. "Cryptolechia rhodobapta Meyrick, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1923). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 162–169. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 87. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 294. OCLC 25449322.
  5. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.


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