Deana

Deana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1859.[2] It contains only one species, Deana hybreasalis,[3] which is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]

Deana
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Spilomelinae
Tribe:
Udeini
Genus:
Deana

Butler, 1879[1]
Species:
D. hybreasalis
Binomial name
Deana hybreasalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Adena Walker, 1863
    • Nesarcha Meyrick, 1884
  • Specific
    • Scopula hybreasalis Walker, 1859
    • Scopula pareonalis Walker, 1859
    • Adena xanthialis Walker, 1863

The larvae feed on various liana species, including Clematis species (Ranunculaceae).[6]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. "Deana Butler, 1879". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  4. "Deana hybreasalis (Walker, 1859)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Deana Butler, 1879". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. Patrick, Hamish J.H.; Bowie, Mike H.; Fox, Barry W.; Patrick, Brian H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula" (PDF). New Zealand National Sciences. 36: 57–72. Retrieved 22 January 2018.


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