Atomotricha

Atomotricha
Atomotricha isogama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Atomotricha
Meyrick, 1883
Type species
Atomotricha ommatias
Meyrick, 1883
Synonyms
  • Brachysara Meyrick, 1883

Atomotricha is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae. The species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This genus was circumscribed in 1883 by Edward Meyrick. Meyrick went on to describe this genus in a later 1883 publication. The type species is A. ommatias.

Description

Meyrick described this genus as follows:

Antennae in ♂ moderate, with fine long ciliations (5), six at apex of each joint, basal joint with strong pecten. Palpi rather long, second joint exceeding base of antennae, densely scaled, somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, surface with tufts of raised scales. Hindwings as broad as forewings, elongate-ovate, hind margin rounded, cilia 3⁄5. Wings of ♀ abbreviated, incapable of flight. Forewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 from hardly before angle. Hindwings normal.

In many species in this genus the adult females are brachypterous and are incapable of flight. The markings and colouration can also be extremely variable within a species.

Distribution

The species within this genus are all endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Atomotricha chloronota.

As of 2010, it consists of the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Atomotricha Meyrick, 1883 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 90. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1883). "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 7: 423. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22763. Wikidata Q56012086.
  4. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1883). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8: 324–325. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.28660. Wikidata Q56015261.
  5. 1 2 Hudson, George Vernon (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 287, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  6. ↑ "Atomotricha Meyrick, 1883". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.