Pyrgotis humilis
| Pyrgotis humilis | |
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| Male holotype specimen collected by C. E. Clark. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgotis humilis | |
Pyrgotis humilis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago. Adults are on the wing in November and December. Larvae have been raised on Veronica odata.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 from a specimen collected by Charles Edwin Clarke on Mount Maungatua in Otago.[3] George Hudson discussed this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1971 and again in 1988 John S. Dugdale confirmed the placement of this species in the genus Pyrgotis.[5][6]
In 1988 Dugdale hypothesised that P. humilis and P. consentiens 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 mm. Head and thorax brown mixed with ochreous. Palpi ochreous. Antennae ochreous annulated with black, ciliations in ♂ 1+1⁄2. Abdomen bronzy fuscous. Legs fuscous mixed with ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, termen subsinuate, oblique; bright ochreous; suffusedly purplish fuscous towards termen: fringes ochreous mixed with fuscous. Hindwings fuscous: fringes fuscous tipped with ochreous and with a darker basal line. [3]
Philpott stated that this species was similar in appearance to Maoritenes modesta but that P. humilis could be distinguished based on its antennal characteristics.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago.[2]
Behaviour
Adults have been recorded on the wing in November and December.[8][4]
Host species
The larvae of this species have been raised on Veronica odata.[9]
References
- ↑ "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Todd Gilligan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Pyrgotis humilis Philpott, 1930". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 4. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905932. Wikidata Q58676529. BHL page 60406159
This article incorporates text by Alfred Philpott available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - 1 2 Hudson, George Vernon (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 431, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 humilis Philpott, 1930". gbif.org. 2023-09-11. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis humilis Philpott, 1930". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 2026-06-25.