Pterophorus furcatalis

Pterophorus furcatalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Pterophorus furcatalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. furcatalis
Binomial name
Pterophorus furcatalis
(Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aciptilus furcatalis Walker, 1864
  • Alucita furcatalis (Walker, 1864)

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Frances Walker in 1864 and named Aciptilus furcatalis.[3] Walker used specimens from Colonel Bolton and T.R. Oxley.[3] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and legs are white. The thorax is pale fuscous irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous, but the anterior margin is broadly white. The abdomen is white, with a central longitudinal fuscous stripe. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous. The hindwings and cilia are snow-white.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

References
  1. "Pterophorus furcatalis (Walker, 1864)". www.nzor.org.nz. 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 132–133. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. Francis Walker (1864), List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. XXX: Tineites, London, p. 950, Wikidata Q108264250
  4. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961
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