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Hydrillodes melanozona QQcf

Litter Moth

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Litter Moth

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Cook Islands - French Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Endemic of se.Polynesia; S.Group only (RR only); Land, lowlands to mountains; in litter

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (13mmTL) dark brown with black kidney cell spot.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Hydrillodes melanozona QQcf Collenette, 1928
Query: Dugdale 1999: near or same as melanozona

SYNONYMS: Hydrillodes surata [Tonga, Niue, Kermadecs]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; NOCTUIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (13mmTL) dark brown with black kidney cell spot. Body slender. Wings dark brown, darker distally. Fore wings with black kidney cell spot and faint vestiges of a line and chain of dots crossing wing distal to spot. Hind wings unmarked. Underside background colour as upper surface. Hind wings greyer with double line and row of dots crossing wing. Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Legs and Antennae predominantly dark brown.Males woth complex, contorted palpi.

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar in litter on ground. Adults nocturnal, occasionally abundant.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: one specimen+photo, male, BESO#491, ID J.Dugdale as Hydrillodes melanozona cf. 4/2000; specimen+photo, M & F, upper Tupapa, to light, 3/2005, G.McCormack with ID as Hydrillodes melanozona cf. of Dugdale.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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