New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera)Hudson, G. V. (George Vernon)
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New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera)
Hudson, G. V. (George Vernon)
Lepidoptera -- New Zealand
The expansion of the wings is 1¼ inches. The fore-wings of the male are
pale orange-brown, with _a doubly toothed black transverse line near the
base, and a less acutely toothed line beyond the middle_; between these
there is a black mark on the costa; the termen has two large projections,
and several smaller ones; between the outer transverse line and the
termen there are several small black markings. The hind-wings are
yellowish, clouded with orange-brown towards the termen, which also has
several projections; there is a faint blackish line near the base, and a
much stronger black line near the middle, starting from the dorsum and
reaching about half-way across the wing. The female has the fore-wings
dark brown, with the central area between the two transverse lines paler;
the hind-wings are also considerably darker than those in the male.
This species varies a little in the depth of the ground colour, but not
otherwise.
The perfect insect appears in December, January and February. It frequents
dense forest, and is generally disturbed from amongst ferns and
undergrowth.
{94}Genus 8.--IPANA, Walk.
"Face roughly haired. Antennæ in male simple, shortly ciliated. Palpi as
in _Declana_. Thorax densely hairy above and beneath, with slight median
crest. Abdomen in male elongate. Femora densely hairy; posterior tibiæ in
male short and much swollen, furnished on inner side with very large
dense tuft of hairs. Fore-wings in male without fovea; veins 10 and 11
separate."--(Meyrick).
We have one species in New Zealand.
IPANA LEPTOMERA, Walk.
(_Ipana leptomera_, Walk., Noct. 1662.)
(Plate X., figs. 29, 31, and 31A [M] varieties, 30 [F].)
This species is common in the neighbourhood of Wellington, and I expect
generally distributed throughout New Zealand; but as there appears to have
been some confusion in Mr. Meyrick's papers between it and the female of
_Declana junctilinea_, I am unable to assign the localities there mentioned
to either of the species.
The expansion of the wings of the male is 1½ inches, of the female 1-3/8
inches. The fore-wings of the male are uniform pale brownish-ochreous,
generally with two transverse series of minute darker brown dots parallel
to the termen, and two or three similar dots near the middle of the wing.
There is a series of very small parallel brown lines on the costa. The
hind-wings are greyish-brown with two very deep indentations in the
termen. The female has the fore-wings pale grey, and the hind-wings
darker grey; the markings and outline resemble the male.
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