Pyrgotis consentiens
| Pyrgotis consentiens | |
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| Male holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. consentiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgotis consentiens | |
Pyrgotis consentiens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[2] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1916 and is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been collected in Fiordland, Southland and on Stewart Island and inhabits scrub dominated by species of Veronica and Cassinia. Adults are on the wing in December and January. The larval host of P. consentiens is Veronica odora.
Taxonomy
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This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1916.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under this name in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1928 Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species.[5] In 1971 and again in 1988 John S. Dugdale confirmed the placement of this species in the genus Pyrgotis.[6][7] The male holotype, collected by Philpott at Mt. Cleughearn in the Hunter Mountains, is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[7]
In 1988 Dugdale hypothesised that P. consentiens and P. humilis could be the same species as they each have the same host plant and the genitalia of each species is very similar.[7]
Description
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂♀. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-red. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen subsinuate ; purplish-red ; sometimes a white fascia from 1⁄4 costa to before middle of dorsum, narrowest towards costa, sometimes upper portion obsolete : cilia reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous : cilia fuscous-grey with a darker basal line, reddish-ochreous round apex.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the South Island, in Fiordland and Southland, and also on Stewart Island.[2][3]
Behaviour
Habitat and hosts
P. consentiens inhabits alpine scrub dominated by species of Veronica and Cassinia.[4] The larvae fix together the leaves of Veronica odora with silk and then proceed to feed on the leaves of that plant.[9]
References
- ↑ "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Tortricid.net. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Pyrgotis consentiens Philpott, 1916". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- 1 2 3 Alfred Philpott (1916). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute (in English and English). 48: 421. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110284142. BHL page 3303413
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 3 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, pp. 219–220, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899830 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Alfred Philpott (1928). "The male genitalia of the New Zealand Tortricidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 453. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q133008549.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae". Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 164. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.
- 1 2 3 Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 127. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis consentiens". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis consentiens Philpott, 1916". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 2026-06-24.