Erechthias macrozyga
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Erechthias |
| Species: | E. macrozyga
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Erechthias macrozyga is a species of moth of the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North and South Islands. This species inhabits lowland native forest. Adult moths are on the wing from October to February.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916 using a male specimen collected at Tisbury, Invercargill by Alfred Philpott.[3] In 1927 Alfred Philpott studied and illustrated the male genitalia of this species.[4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under this name in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] John S. Dugdale discussed this species in his 1988 catalogue.[6] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[6]
Description
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Meyrick described the male adult of this species as follows:
♂. 14 mm. Head white, crown mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax white marked with dark fuscous (injured). Abdomen grey. Forewings narrow - lanceolate; dark bronzy - fuscous sprinkled with blackish; an irregular-edged white streak along dorsum and termen from base nearly to apex; a white mark from costa just before apex : cilia fuscous mixed with white, with a dark-fuscous median line round apex. Hindwings purple-fuscous, darker towards apex : cilia fuscous.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] Other than the type locality, this species has also been observed in the Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Canterbury and Otago regions.[7][8]
Habitat
[edit]This species inhabits lowland native forest.[5]
Behaviour
[edit]Adult moths are on the wing from October to February.[5][8]
References
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- ^ a b "Erechthias macrozyga Meyrick, 1916". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b Edward Meyrick (October 1916). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 419. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q69802584. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Alfred Philpott (15 November 1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Lyonetiidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 327–329. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q131610220.
- ^ a b c Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 336, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 62. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 463, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ a b "Erechthias macrozyga". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-01.