Orocrambus fugitivellus
| Orocrambus fugitivellus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Orocrambus |
| Species: | O. fugitivellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orocrambus fugitivellus (Hudson, 1950)
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Orocrambus fugitivellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as critically endangered by the Department of Conservation.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]This species was first described by George Hudson in 1950 using a specimen collected by R. D. Dick in 1939 in an area adjacent to Grays River in the Mackenzie country.[2][3] Hudson named the species Crambus fugitivellus.[2] In 1975 David Edward Gaskin assigned Crambus fugitivellus to the genus Orocrambus.[4] The type specimen of O. fugitivellus is held in the Hudson collection at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[4][5]
Description
[edit | edit source]The larvae of this species have yet to be described.[6] The wingspan of the adult male is 18–19 mm.[4] In appearance the adult male of O. fuitivellus is similar to O. aethonellus but differs in the more abrupt tapering of its forewings and the very oblique termen.[2] The female of the species is brachypterous.[6]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Orocrambus fugitivellus is endemic to New Zealand.[7][8] The Grays River wetlands in the Mackenzie Basin is the only area where this species has been recorded.[4][9] Male adults of the species have been recorded on wing in February[3][4] and are active during the day.[6]
Host plants
[edit | edit source]Although this species inhabits shrub/grasslands its host plants have yet to be discovered.[6]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]This species has the "Nationally Critical" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1][10] It has been recommended that the type locality of O. fugitivellus, the Grays River wetlands, be protected to help conserve the species.[3][11]
References
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