Tingena collitella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.

Tingena collitella
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Tingena
Species:	T. collitella
Binomial name
Tingena collitella (Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Gelechia collitella Walker, 1864 Borkhausenia collitella (Walker, 1864)

Taxonomy

It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 and named Gelechia collitella.[3] In 1884 Edward Meyrick stated he thought this species might be a form of what is now known as T. griseata.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed the species under the name Borkhausenia collitella.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Tingena.[2] The holotype specimen, collected in Auckland, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Walker described this species as follows:

Male. Pale cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, much shorter than the second. Antennae extremely minutely setulose and moniliform, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs rather stout. Wings rather broad ; fringe moderately long. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, speckled with fawn-colour, with some brown marks ; a few of these before the middle ; a larger one in the exterior disk and a still larger one on the costa near the tip ; fringe partly tinged with brown ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.[1]

References

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