Pyrgotis zygiana: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Pyrgotis
Species
Pyrgotis zygiana
Scientific Name
Pyrgotis zygiana

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pyrgotis zygiana

Pyrgotis zygiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

P. zygiana was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 from a specimen obtained in Canterbury. This species has also been recorded in Titirangi.

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.

The larvae feed exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.

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Pyrgotis zygiana
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Pyrgotis zygiana
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Pyrgotis zygiana
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Pyrgotis zygiana
©Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)