Biology:Protithona potamias
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Protithona |
| Species: | P. potamias
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| Protithona potamias (Meyrick, 1909)[1]
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Protithona potamias is a species of moth in the family Tineidae and was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.[1] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and originally named Eurythecta potamias.[4][2] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under this name in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] Hudson, in 1939, subsequently placed this species in the genus Eucosma.[6] The male lectotype specimen, collected at Riverton / Aparima by Alfred Philpott, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Habitat and hosts
This species likely inhabits salt-tolerant grasses found amongst sandhills.[2][5] Larvae of this species inhabit the riparian zone and is likely hosted by species of grass. They pupate amongst grasses.[7]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 , p. 464, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 , pp. 116, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ "Protithona potamias (Meyrick, 1909)". https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/203b5d12-4965-47a1-bb92-8f902707770b.
- ↑ , pp. 11-12, Wikidata Q110207561 BHL page 3312290
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 , pp. 224-225, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899835 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ , pp. 437, Wikidata Q109420935
- ↑ , Wikidata Q54666011
Wikidata ☰ Q13882746 entry
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