Biology:Pyrgotis zygiana
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. zygiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882[1]
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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 exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[4][6]
References
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- ↑ "Pyrgotis". Colorado State University. http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=800&chkLastInput=.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f13359df-e88a-4802-a435-834b6addfec3.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera No 2". New Zealand Journal of Science 1: 277. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131069#page/315/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Environmental Impact Assessment of Aerial Spraying Btk in NZ for painted apple moth | MPI Biosecurity New Zealand" (in en). Biosecurity New Zealand. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests-diseases/forests/painted-apple-moth/environmental-impact.htm.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1882). "On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 15: 39. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103995#page/54/mode/1up. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q18346114 entry
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