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Campbellana attenuata
Campbellana is a genus of moths of the Carposinidae family, containing only one species, Campbellana attenuata. This species is endemic to the Campbell Islands of New Zealand.
From the article Campbellana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
C. attenuata is described by Salmon and Bradley as follows:
Expanse of the fore wings, 13 mm. Head, thorax, and fore wing medium to dark brown in the female, paler and with scattered pale ochreous scales and crest of ochreous on top of the head in the male; antennae of female filiform, pale ochreous to creamy white, that of the male dark brown with the flagellum clothed by open whorls of extremely long fine hairs. Labial palpus pale fawn darkening to brown on terminal segment. The ventral surface and legs are paler in both sexes. Fore wings much reduced and tapering from base to apex as a long attenuated filament. Hind wings vestigial. Cilia absent from both fore and hind wings.Both the female and male adults of C. attenuata are brachypterous, that is having much reduced wings.
What it does
The adults of C. attenuata emerge during the colder time of the year. Specimens have been collected in August and in February. This species jumps similar to a grasshopper.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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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 407238.