Wiseana (original) (raw)
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Genus of moths
| Wiseana | |
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| Wiseana cervinata | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | WiseanaViette, 1961 |
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| Synonyms | |
| Porina Walker, 1856 (nec d'Orbigny, 1852) Gorina Quail, 1899 Goryna Quail, 1899 Philpottia Viette, 1950 |
Wiseana is a genus of ghost moths, collectively known as porina,[1] of the family Hepialidae. There are seven described species, all endemic to New Zealand.[2] Some species of this genus are a major pest in New Zealand exotic pastures.[1][3] It is impossible to distinguish species at the larval/caterpillar stage without DNA technology, however adult porina moth species can be visually distinguished.[3]
The genus was first identified by Pierre Viette in 1961, who recognised a distinction between the New Zealand members of the genus Oxycanus and those occurring in Australia and New Guinea.[4]
Wiseana cervinata (Walker, 1865)
Recorded food plants: Trifolium, various grasses.
Wiseana copularis (Meyrick, 1912)
Wiseana fuliginea (Butler, 1879)
Wiseana jocosa (Meyrick, 1912)
Larva feeds on grasses
Wiseana mimica (Philpott, 1923)
Wiseana signata (Walker, 1856)
Larva feeds on grasses
Wiseana umbraculata (Guenée, 1868)
Larva feeds on grasses
- ^ a b Atijegbe, Sylvester Richard (2019). Niche differentiation within the Wiseana (porina) species complex: pasture pests of New Zealand (PhD thesis). Lincoln University. hdl:10182/10894.
- ^ Grehan, J.R.; Mielke, C.G.C.; Turner, J.R.G.; Nielsen, S.E. (2023). "A revised world catalogue of ghost moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), with taxonomic and biological annotations". ZooNova. 27: 1–313.
- ^ a b "AgPest » Porina". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ Viette, P.E.L. (1961). "Notes on some synonyms or preoccupied names in the Lepidoptera". The Entomologist. 94: 38–39. ISSN 0013-8878. Wikidata Q127586923.