Sagephora jocularis

Sagephora jocularis
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Sagephora
Species:
S. jocularis
Binomial name
Sagephora jocularis

Sagephora jocularis is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1926. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Canterbury and Southland. Adults are on the wing in January and October.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using a specimen collected at Tisbury in Southland and named Sagephora jocularis.[3][4] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species.[5] The male holotype specimen is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[4]

Description

Illustration of S. jocularis by George Hudson.

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂. 9 mm. Head white tinged with brown. Palpi fuscous, apex of second segment and terminal segment white. Antennae ochreous, annulated with fuscous. Thorax fuscous, a lateral stripe and tegulae whitish-ochreous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs greyish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen very oblique; ochreous mixed with white; a broad, fuscous-brown stripe along costa from base to 4⁄5, strongly dilated on its apical half where it is margined beneath with white; a fuscous-brown stripe on dorsum from base to 1⁄2 beyond this to tornus the fuscous is mixed with ochreous-white; apical fourth chiefly fuscous-brown but with some mixture of ochreous and white; a thin ochreous and white line along termen: fringes greyish-fuscous with interrupted black basal line. Hindwings and fringes greyish-fuscous.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[2][1] Specimens have been collected at the type locality of Tisbury, as well as Purau and Dyer's Pass in Canterbury.[3][6]

Behaviour

This species is on the wing in January and October.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sagephora jocularis Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b c d A. Philpott (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 398. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63100760.
  4. ^ 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: 1–264. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  5. ^ Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 342, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  6. ^ "Sagephora jocularis". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.