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Proteodes Smithi 172683167
''Proteodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Depressariidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. Species Species in this genus are: * ''Proteodes carnifex'' (Butler, 1877) * '' Proteodes clarkei'' Philpott, 1926 * ''Proteodes melographa'' Meyrick, 1927 * ''Proteodes profunda'' Meyrick, 1905 * ''Proteodes smithi ''Proteodes smithi'' is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is known from Homer in Fiordland, as well as other localities in the south western parts of the South Island. It has been observed tussock ...'' Howes, 1946 References Depressariidae Endemic fauna of New Zealand Endemic moths of New Zealand {{Depressariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working at Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depressariidae
Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.Heikkilä, M. ''et al''. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). ''Cladistics'', 30(6): 563-589. Subfamilies Depressariidae consists of ten subfamilies: * Acriinae * Aeolanthinae * Cryptolechiinae * Depressariinae * Ethmiinae * Hypercalliinae * Hypertrophinae * Oditinae * Peleopodinae The Peleopodinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Depressariidae. Taxonomy and systematics *'' Antoloea'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Carcina'' Hübner, 825/small> *'' Durrantia'' Busck, 1908 *''Peleopoda ''Peleopoda'' is a moth genus of the ... * Stenomatinae References Moth families {{Gelechioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteodes Carnifex
''Proteodes carnifex'' (also known as the Mountain Beech Flat Moth) is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. Both the larvae and the adults of this species are variable in appearance. However the adults are normally easily identified as the outline is characteristic and the size is consistent. In appearance, adult moths mimic the leaves of their larval host plants. This species has been found near Wellington in the North Island, the tableland of Mount Arthur (New Zealand), Mount Arthur, in the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region, Arthur's Pass and at Lake Wakatipu in the South Island. The larval hosts of this species are southern beech trees, particularly black beech (''Nothofagus solandri'') and mountain beech (''Nothofagus cliffortioides'') but larvae have also been found on red beech (''Nothofagus fusca''), hard beech (''Nothofagus truncata'') and silver beech (''Nothofagus menziesii'')''.'' The female moth deposits her e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteodes Clarkei
''Proteodes clarkei'' is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in locations around Manapouri in alpine habitats. Both the male and female adults of the species are brightly coloured but the female is Brachyptery, brachypterous, that is it has reduced wing size in comparison to the male. Adults have been recorded as being on the wing in January and February. Taxonomy This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 using specimens collected by Charles Clarke (entomologist), Charles Clarke and Stewart Lindsay in January in the Hunter Mountains at an altitude of around 4000 ft. Philpott named the species after Clarke. The male holotype is held at the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, Canterbury Museum. Description Philpott described the male of the species as follows: He went on to describe the female as follows: The female of the species is Brachyptery, brachypterous. Distribution Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteodes Melographa
''Proteodes melographa'' is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed at Mount Arthur and in the Nelson District. It inhabits forest in the alpine zone. The larvae of this species feeds on native beech trees. Taxonomy This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1927 using a specimen collected at Mount Arthur at 4000 ft in January by Selwyn Woodward. In 1936 Meyrick synonymised ''Proteodes varia'' with ''P. melographa''. The male holotype specimen is held in the Natural History Museum, London. Description Meyrick described this species as follows: Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Nelson/Tasman districts. Behaviour This species is on the wing in January. Habitat and host species The species can be found in alpine habitats at the limit of forest growth. The larvae of this moth feeds on native beech trees Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteodes Profunda
''Proteodes profunda'' is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. This species has been collected in its type locality of Mount Holdsworth in the Tararua Range, Raurimu near Tongariro National Park, Tongariru National Park, at Days Bay in Wellington, at Mount Arthur (New Zealand), Mount Arthur, Otira, Invercargill, and in Southland, New Zealand, Southland. ''P. profunda'' lives in Nothofagus, beech forests at altitudes of around 2000 ft and larvae feed on beech tree leaves. Adults of this species are on the wing from November to February. Taxonomy This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using a male specimen collected by George Hudson (entomologist), George Hudson at Mount Holdsworth, New Zealand, Mount Holdsworth in Wellington at 2000 ft. The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Description Meyrick described the species as follows: This species is superficially very similar in app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteodes Smithi
''Proteodes smithi'' is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is known from Homer in Fiordland, as well as other localities in the south western parts of the South Island. It has been observed tussock and mixed shrub habitat above the tree line at approximately 1000 m altitude. Adults are on the wing from December until April and are attracted to light. Taxonomy This species was described by George Howes in 1946 using a specimen collected in early January at Homer, Fiordland by T. R. Smith, in whose honour this species is named. The male holotype specimen is held at Te Papa. Description Howes described the species as follows: This species is similar in appearance to '' Proteodes clarkei'' but differs in that the wings are broader, the colouration is brighter and in the male the antennal pectinations are significantly shorter than those of ''P. clarkei''. Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand and known from its t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of New Zealand
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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