Pyrgotis zygiana
Pyrgotis zygiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Pyrgotis |
Species: | P. zygiana |
Binomial name | |
Pyrgotis zygiana | |
Pyrgotis zygiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
P. zygiana was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 from a specimen obtained in Canterbury.[3] This species has also been recorded in Titirangi.[4]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark reddish ochreous fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous and strigulated (finely streaked) with leaden grey. The hindwings are grey.[5]
The larvae feed on exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[4][6]
References
- ↑ "Pyrgotis". www.tortricidae.com. Colorado State University. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera No 2". New Zealand Journal of Science. v. 1: 277. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Environmental Impact Assessment of Aerial Spraying Btk in NZ for painted apple moth | MPI Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Biosecurity New Zealand. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1882). "On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 39. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1996). "Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer‐associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 23 (1): 57. doi:10.1080/03014223.1996.9518064.
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