// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Capua semiferana moth say? I'm half there.
| Capua semiferana | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Capua |
| Species: | C. semiferana |
| Binomial name | |
| Capua semiferana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Capua semiferana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and originally named Teras semiferana.[3] The female holotype, collected by D. Bolton in Auckland, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Capua semiferana in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] The genus placement of this species is in need of revision.[5]
Description
[edit].jpg)
Hudson described this species as follows:
The expansion of the wings varies from slightly under to slightly over 5⁄8 inch. The fore-wings, which are somewhat dilated in the male, vary from pale greyish-ochreous to light reddish-brown; there is a series of minute black marks on the costa and dorsum; an irregular brownish patch near the base, often outwardly margined with black; a more or less distinct central band often obsolete towards the dorsum, brown, usually much darker or blackish on the costa and in some specimens represented by a large elliptical, blackish marking on the costa with a pale grey centre; there is usually a small brown mark near the termen; the cilia are ochreous or pale reddish-ochreous, much paler near the tornus. The hind-wings are grey faintly mottled with darker grey; the cilia are pale grey.[4]
Hudson commented that this species is very variable in size, colour and intensity of markings.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found throughout the country.[4]
Behaviour
[edit]Although Hudson observed this species flying freely in late afternoon sunlight, adults are also attracted to light at night.[4][6]
References
[edit]
- 1 2 "Capua semiferana (Walker, 1863)". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2025-05-31. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- 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: 119. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ Francis Walker (1863), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part XXVIII. - Tortricites and Tineites, London, pp. 306–307, Wikidata Q109352878
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) BHL page 51897767 - 1 2 3 4 5 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 223, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899834
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Carey Knox (2024). Butterflies & Moths of Aotearoa New Zealand. John Beaufoy Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-913679-66-8. Wikidata Q130640046.
- ↑ David Edward Gaskin (1966), The butterflies and common moths of New Zealand, Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, p. 179, OCLC 4624894, Wikidata Q115000559