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Tingena plagiatella
Tingena plagiatella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands. This species inhabits light native bush or scrubland. Adults of this species are on the wing from November to January.
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Description
Meyrick described this species as follows:
Male . Whitish. Head and thorax slightly tinged with ochraceous. Abdomen brownish cinereous above, extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings hardly acute, irregularly speckled with brown; a blackish streak extending from the base; two blackish spots in the disk, opposite two others on the interior border; a white spot behind the second blackish spot; three brown costal spots; two brown exterior streaks, one extending to the fore part of the exterior border, the other to the interior angle; two diffuse ochraceous discal patches; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind wings aeneous. Length of the body 2+1⁄2 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed in Auckland, Tokaanu, Ōrongorongo Valley in the Wellington region and Arthur's Pass. This species has also been found in a site of ecological significance in Christchurch as set out in the Christchurch District Plan as well as at Rakaia Island in Canterbury.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 482377.