Sabulopteryx botanica Hoare & Patrick, 2019

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SUBFAMILY Gracillariinae
GENUSSabulopteryx
SPECIES botanica
AUTHORHoare & Patrick, 2019
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONSabulopteryx botanica Hoare & Patrick, sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITYNew Zealand, Mid Canterbury [MC], Christchurch Botanic Gardens; 43°31.8'S, 172°37.2'E; emg. 21 Apr. 2014, leg. R.J.B. Hoare, B.H. Patrick.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -43°31'8" Longitude: 172°37'2"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, NZAC; Paratypes 8♂, 3♀, genitalia slides NZAC GRAC 2, 3, 4, NZAC.
STATUSSpecies
PUBLICATION Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62.
PAGINATION 44-52, Figs 2-12, 14-17
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  • MK797749 Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019 :43
  • MK797750 Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019 :43

Species pictures

Species Distribution

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New Zealand   Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. 52

Host Plants

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Lamiaceae Teucrium parvifolium New Zealand Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. 48

*   The young sap-feeding larva forms a linear white mine.Later the larva expands the mine and spins silk extensively in the interior (on the eroded inner surface of the leaf underside), causing the leaf to fold (Hoare et al. 2019: 50). Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), which is endemic to New Zealand and was until recently placed in its own monotypic genus Teucridium, and in the family Verbenaceae. Salmaki et al. (2016) showed that Teucridium belongs to Lamiaceae and is phylogenetically nested within the large worldwide genus Teucrium (Hoare et al. 2019: 48).

Species Parasitoids

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Braconidae Dolichogenidea cheles New Zealand Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. 50
Eulophidae Sympiesis sp. New Zealand Hoare, R. J. B., Patrick, B. H. & Buckley, T. R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae - ZooKeys 865:39-62. 50