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Sporophyla oenospora

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Sporophyla oenospora
Male

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
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S. oenospora
Binomial name
Sporophyla oenospora
Synonyms
  • Crocydopora oenospora Meyrick, 1897

Sporophyla oenospora is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as critically endangered by the Department of Conservation.

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 under the name Crocydopora oenospora.[3] The type specimen was collected at Castle Hill and is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[4] George Vernon Hudson subsequently placed this species within the genus Sporophyla.[5]

Description

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Illustration of male S. oenospora.

Meyrick described the species as follows:

17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with ferruginous. Labial palpi 1/2 light ferruginous, towards base whitish. Abdomen elongate. Forewings elongate, narrow, little dilated posteriorly, costa almost straight, termen somewhat rounded, very oblique ; fuscous, irrorated with black and grey-whitish, and much suffused with ferruginous, especially in disc ; first line straight, oblique, obscurely pale, edged posteriorly with a dark shade except towards dorsum, and preceded on dorsum by a spot of blackish suffusion ; an obscure whitish discal dot, placed in a streak of ferruginous suffusion ; second line cloudy, obscurely pale near termen, some-what indented near costa, edged anteriorly with a dark shade except towards dorsum ; extreme costal edge white on posterior half. Hindwings dark fuscous.[3]

Distribution

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S. oenospora is endemic to New Zealand.[2][6] As well as occurring at Castle Hill, this species has also been collected at Ida Valley, Alexandra and Ben Lormond.[5]

Conservation status

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This moth is now classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being Nationally Critical.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 5. ISBN 9781988514383.
  2. ^ a b "Sporophyla oenospora (Meyrick, 1897)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Meyrick, Edward (1897). "Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 367–390. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 156.
  6. ^ 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.