Crypsitricha stereota is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North and South Islands. It inhabits native forest and adults are on the wing from December until March. Adults can be seen resting on tree trunks.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Crypsitricha |
| Species: | C. stereota |
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Taxonomy
editThis species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914 and originally named it Endophthora stereota.[4] Meyrick placed this species in the genus Crypsitricha in 1915.[5] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Crypsitricha stereota in his 1924 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species in 1927.[7] The male lectotype, collected in Auckland by Hudson, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, irrorated with pale grey, with some scattered black scales, as well as three black spots on the costa, margined beneath with brownish-ochreous, the first at one-fourth, connected with the base by a costal line of black irroration, others before the middle and at two-thirds. There is a small light brownish-ochreous spot beneath the middle of the disc, connected with the dorsum by a group of black scales. There is also a group of black scales on the tornus, and a small pale-ochreous spot near the termen beyond it. The hindwings are grey with cilia coloured ochreous-gray-whitish.[4]
This species is the smallest in the genus.[6]
Distribution
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This species inhabits native forest.[6]
Behaviour
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- 1 2 "Crypsitricha stereota (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- 1 2 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: 60. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ 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. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- 1 2 Edward Meyrick (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 114. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q98606535. BHL page 3297020
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 235. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349. BHL page 3343218
- 1 2 3 4 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 339, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899950 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Alfred Philpott (1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Tineidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 93–101. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q115586743.
- ↑ Hudson, G. V. (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 464, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ↑ "Crypsitricha stereota". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-07-01.