Tanaoctena dubia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Galacticidae |
| Genus: | Tanaoctena |
| Species: | T. dubia
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Tanaoctena dubia, the Karamu shoot borer or Coprosma shoot borer moth, is a moth in the family Galacticidae.[1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1931. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the northern half of the North Island.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1931 using specimens taken in Auckland in January.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book under the misspelled name Tanaoctenota dubia.[4] The male holotype specimen, collected by Charles E. Clarke, is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2]
Description
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Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 18 mm. Head and palpi dull ochreous. Antennae strongly bipectinated and with dense pecten, brown. Thorax pale brown. Abdomen whitish ochreous. Legs ochreous, anterior pair fuscous, tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings elongate-oval, costa strongly arched, apex broadly rounded, termen rounded, oblique; dull brownish; an inwardly oblique thick blackish fuscous mark in disc at about ¼; a small round blackish fuscous discal dot at ⅔: fringes dull brown. Hindwings and fringes fuscous grey.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5] It has been observed in the northern parts of the North Island.[6]
Behaviour
[edit]This species is on the wing in from September until May.[6]
Hosts
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The larvae feed on Coprosma species such as C. autumnalis, C. macrocarpa, C. repens and C. robusta.[7] They mine the leaves of their host plant, but also bore into the growing shoot tips, causing these shoots to wilt.[7]
References
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- ^ a b "Tanaoctena dubia Philpott, 1931". nzor.org.nz. 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ 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: 76. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Alfred Philpott (1931). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 62: 34. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109466059.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 441, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ "Tanaoctena dubia Philpott, 1931". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Coprosma Shoot Borer Moth (Tanaoctena dubia)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ a b "Tanaoctena dubia Philpott, 1931". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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