Mnesictena flavidalis

Mnesictena flavidalis
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Udeini
Genus: Mnesictena
Species:
M. flavidalis
Binomial name
Mnesictena flavidalis
(Doubleday, 1843)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Margaritia flavidalis Doubleday, 1843
  • Udea flavidalis (Doubleday, 1843)
  • Margaritia quadralis Doubleday, 1843
  • Scopula dipsasalis Walker, 1859
  • Mecyna flavidalis (Doubleday, 1843)

Mnesictena flavidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3][4] It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1843.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[6]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Doubleday in Ernst Dieffenbach's book Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of the country and named Margaritia flavidalis.[5] In 1899 Hampson placed this species in the genus Mnesictena.[7] In 1983 G. E. Munroe synonymised the genus Mnesictena with Udea.[8] However in 1988 John S. Dugdale treated Mnesictena as a valid genus.[2] Dugdale's treatment was followed in 2011 by Richard Mally and Matthias Nuss.[1] The male holotype specimen, collected in Auckland by A. Sinclair, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Doubleday described this species as follows:

All the wings ochraceous, the outer margins with a series of minute dots. Anterior wings with a faint striga near the base, a still fainter one near the middle, and a more distinct much-waved one near the outer margin, and two discoidal stigmatiform spots fuscous. Posterior wings with a discoidal spot, preceded towards the anterior margin by a smaller one, a transverse striga beyond the middle, and the anal angle fuscous.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Richard Mally; Matthias Nuss (2011). "Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European Udea moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 69 (1): 55–71. ISSN 1863-7221. Wikidata Q113549443.
  2. ^ a b c 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: 153. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Dieffenbach, E. (1843). "List of Annulose Animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand with descriptions of some new species by Messrs. Adam White and Edward Doubleday.". Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of the country. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 287.
  6. ^ "Udea flavidalis (Doubleday, 1843)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. ^ George Francis Hampson (1899). "A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae (Part II)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 172–291. ISSN 0370-2774. Wikidata Q113549142.
  8. ^ Hodges, Ronald W. (1983). Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico : including Greenland. London: E.W. Classey. p. 72. ISBN 0-86096-016-1. OCLC 9748761.


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