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Tingena paula
Tingena paula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury. Adults of this species are on the wing in November.
From the article Tingena paula on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Philpott described the species as follows:
♂. 11–12 mm. Head, palpi and thorax pale ivory-yellow. Antennae fuscous with pale dots, ciliations slightly more than 1. Abdomen dark purplish-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish mixed with pale brown. Forewings blunt lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique; pale ivory-yellow; extreme edge of costa near base fuscous; fringes concolorous with wing. Hindwings dark fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous with darker basal line. This species is small and is similar in appearance to T. maranta but has less pointed forewings.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury. This species has also been found in a site of ecological significance in Christchurch as set out in the Christchurch District Plan.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 564002.