Biology:Udea pantheropa
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| Udea pantheropa (Meyrick, 1884)[1]
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Udea pantheropa is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is endemic to New Zealand,[2] where it has been recorded from the Chatham Islands.[3][4]
The wingspan is 25–26 mm. The forewings are orange, variably mixed with reddish-fuscous or dark fuscous, especially on the veins and some specimens are wholly suffused with fuscous. The extreme costal edge is sometimes whitish in the middle. The markings are reddish-brown, mixed or suffused with dark grey and there is a suffusion along the basal part of the costa, sometimes extending basally to the dorsum. The first line is irregularly curved and the second denticulate, forming a strong subquadrate loop inwards below the middle, the space between them wholly suffused with dark except along the costa and on a band preceding the upper half of the second line. Sometimes, there is a sharply defined irregular transverse or rhomboidal clear white discal spot at the middle. There is a moderate terminal fascia, suffusedly projecting inwards opposite the loop of the second line. The hindwings are whitish-yellowish, becoming whitish towards the costa. The dorsal area is suffused with grey and there are two dark grey discal dots very obliquely placed. Sometimes, there is a grey postmedian line. The terminal fascia is suffused dark grey, sometimes very narrow or obsolete except at the apex and there is a terminal series of dark grey dots.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Udea pantheropa (Meyrick, 1902)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/75919b70-b3be-4222-b284-235e046cd77f. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ 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. pp. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973607714.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 153. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49008/FNZ14Dugdale1988150.pdf. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1902-11-01). "XV. Lepidoptera from the Chatham Islands." (in en). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 50 (3): 273–280. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1902.tb02389.x. ISSN 1365-2311. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13516791.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14510294 entry
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