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Hydriris ornatalis

Kumara skeletoniser

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Kumara skeletoniser

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: circumtropical, incl. South Pacific

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Small moth (8mmTL) white and brownish grey with iridescence.

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

Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel)
SYNONYMS: Antiercta ornatalis

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

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Small moth (8mmTL) white and brownish grey with iridescence. Body and legs very slender, delicate. Fore wings proximally white, distally brownish grey; white area suffused with brownish grey and bronze iridescence. Hind wings as fore wings but less suffusion and iridescence. Underside similar to upper surface, but without suffusion and iridescence. Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Legs and Antennae grey.

GENERAL NOTE: Biology: The caterpillar ties and chews windows in kumera (Ipomaea) and other convolvulaceae leaves. Adults are nocturnal.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #207, 255, 329, 499, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

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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