Planotortrix notophaea

Planotortrix notophaea
Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species: P. notophaea
Binomial name
Planotortrix notophaea
(Turner, 1926)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tortrix notophaea Turner, 1926
  • Ctenopseutis distincta Salmon, 1948

Planotortrix notophaea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was also present near Sydney in Australia, but this population is thought to be extinct.[3] The holotype specimen of this moth was collected by E. G. Turbott on the 23 April 1946 at Great Island.[4]

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. There is a diamond-shaped patch in the discal cell of the forewings.

The larvae are polyphagous, but prefer small-leaved, hard-leaved gymnosperms and dicotyledonous angiosperms. They have a green body and a green head with narrow brown or blackish stripes.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Planotortrix species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Planotortrix notophaea (Turner, 1926)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  3. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1990-07-01). "Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (3): 437–465. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943. ISSN 0301-4223.
  4. ↑ "Ctenopseustis obliquana distincta". www.aucklandmuseum.com. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2017.


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