Thylacosceles acridomima | |
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Thylacosceles acridomima seen in Fiordland National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Stathmopodidae |
Genus: | Thylacosceles |
Species: | T. acridomima
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Binomial name | |
Thylacosceles acridomima |
Thylacosceles acridomima, also known as the pūniu spore-eater or the micro-featherfoot, [2] is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. [3] [1] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. [4] [5]
The mature larva of this species is between 5 and 6 mm long and is short and fat with a whitish flesh coloured body and pale brown head. [2]
Meyrick described the adult male of this species as follows:
♂. 11mm. Head and palpi light yellowish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-fuscous, base yellowish. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle legs ochreous-yellowish ; posterior legs ochreous- whitish, tibiae with a black apical ring, and tuft of posterior half dark grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest near base, long-pointed ; fuscous, somewhat unevenly shaded, but without markings : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia light fuscous. [5]
The larvae of this species create a silk tunnel on the underside of fronds of their host species. [2] The adults of this species are on the wing from October to January. [2]
The larval host of this species is Polystichum vestitum. The larvae feed on the spores of this plant. [2]
Thylacosceles acridomima | |
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Thylacosceles acridomima seen in Fiordland National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Stathmopodidae |
Genus: | Thylacosceles |
Species: | T. acridomima
|
Binomial name | |
Thylacosceles acridomima |
Thylacosceles acridomima, also known as the pūniu spore-eater or the micro-featherfoot, [2] is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. [3] [1] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. [4] [5]
The mature larva of this species is between 5 and 6 mm long and is short and fat with a whitish flesh coloured body and pale brown head. [2]
Meyrick described the adult male of this species as follows:
♂. 11mm. Head and palpi light yellowish-ochreous. Antennae whitish-fuscous, base yellowish. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; middle legs ochreous-yellowish ; posterior legs ochreous- whitish, tibiae with a black apical ring, and tuft of posterior half dark grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest near base, long-pointed ; fuscous, somewhat unevenly shaded, but without markings : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; cilia light fuscous. [5]
The larvae of this species create a silk tunnel on the underside of fronds of their host species. [2] The adults of this species are on the wing from October to January. [2]
The larval host of this species is Polystichum vestitum. The larvae feed on the spores of this plant. [2]