Pyrgotis calligypsa
Pyrgotis calligypsa | |
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Male holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Pyrgotis |
Species: | P. calligypsa |
Binomial name | |
Pyrgotis calligypsa | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Pyrgotis calligypsa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, with a grey basal patch with some strigulae (fine streaks) consisting of blackish irroration (speckling) and suffused with white towards the costa. The hindwings are whitish, with small scattered light-grey spots or strigulae.[3]
References
- ↑ "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Pyrgotis calligypsa (Meyrick, 1926)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1926). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 56: 415–416 – via National Library of New Zealand.
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