Post by surroundx on Feb 4, 2018 0:51:55 GMT
"One of the most significant matters is the retention of the carpet moth Xanthorhoe bulbulata (Guenée, 1868) as Nationally Critical. Over the last century, X. bulbulata was frequently recorded from much of New Zealand including Southland to the central North Island (Patrick 2000). However, the last two records are from near Queenstown in 1979 and 1991 respectively (Patrick 2000), despite many surveys by several experts within the range of the species of what was once a common, brightly coloured and easily recognised day-active moth (Fig. 1). Survey for X. bulbulata is urgently needed; research into its likely historical plant associations and the food preferences of closely related Geometrid moths may help to direct survey effort."
Source:
Hoare, R. J. B., Dugdale, J. S., Edwards, E. D., Gibbs, G. W., Patrick, B. H., Hitchmough, R. A. and Rolfe, J. R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 20. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 13 pp.
Source:
Hoare, R. J. B., Dugdale, J. S., Edwards, E. D., Gibbs, G. W., Patrick, B. H., Hitchmough, R. A. and Rolfe, J. R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 20. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 13 pp.
