Austramathes fortis

Austramathes fortis
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Austramathes
Species:	A. fortis
Binomial name
	Austramathes fortis; (Butler, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
	Toxocampa fortis Butler, 1880 ; Miselia iota Hudson, 1903 ; Homohadena fortis (Butler, 1880) ;

Austramathes fortis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880 from a specimen collected in Marlborough.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

The wingspan of the male A. fortis is 29 – 37 mm where as the wingspan of the female is 29 – 41 mm.[1] George Hudson described the species as follows:

The expansion of the wings is a little over 1 in. The fore wings are dull brownish-ochreous finely speckled with black; there is a conspicuous hook-shaped black mark close to the base, a sharp black mark on the costa at about 1/4, a clouded wavy line near the middle of the wing, darker on the costa, a sharp black mark on the costa just beyond this, followed by a wavy band of dark brownish-black, very much broader on the costa than on the dorsum, and bordered with a pale wavy line towards the termen. The hind wings are dark brownish- black. The cilia of the fore wings are brownish-ochreous, of the hind wings dark - grey. The head and thorax are brownish-ochreous, and the abdomen grey. There are two conspicuous black marks on the anterior portion of the thorax.[4]

Distribution

A. fortis is found in both the North and the South Islands but has yet to be recorded at Stewart Island.[1] Adults can be found on the wing during the months of July to March.[1]

Host species

The larvae of this moth has been shown to feed on several Melicytus species including M. crassifolius, M. alpinus, M. macrophyllus and M. novae-zelandiae.[1]

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References

Hoare, R.J.B. (2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 1–130. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
"Austramathes fortis (Butler, 1880)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
Butler, A. G. (1880). "On a collection of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Marlborough Province, New Zealand". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 1880 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Hudson, G. V. (1903). "On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 35. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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[:0-1] Hoare, R.J.B. (2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 1–130. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.

[2] "Austramathes fortis (Butler, 1880)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[3] Butler, A. G. (1880). "On a collection of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Marlborough Province, New Zealand". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 1880 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Hudson1903-4] Hudson, G. V. (1903). "On some New Species of Macro-lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 35. Retrieved 19 January 2018.