Pyrgotis zygiana
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. zygiana |
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Pyrgotis zygiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[3] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands. The larval host plant of this species is Prumnopitys taxifolia.
Taxonomy
P. zygiana was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882.[4] In 1883 Meyrick provided a fuller description of the species.[5] George Hudson discussed this species under the name Capua zygiana in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1971 John S. Dugdale confirmed the placement of this species in the genus Pyrgotis.[7] The male holotype specimen, collected at Riccarton Bush by Meyrick, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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.[6]
Meyrick described this species as follows:
Male, 14 mm.—Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. Antenne grey, annulated with blackish. Abdomen grey. Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle tibiee and tarsi and apical joints of posterior tarsi suffused with dark fuscous, except at apex of joints. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, hindmargin sinuate, oblique; rather dark reddish-ochreous-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous, and coarsely strigulated throughout with leaden-grey; costa and inner margin shortly strigulated with blackish ; an indistinct blackish suffusion in disc near base, and another in disc towards apex; an indistinct slender streak of grey-whitish scales from near inner margin before anal angle to apex, where it is suffusedly dilated: cilia reddish-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey, with two indistinct darker lines.[5]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[3] As well as the type locality in Canterbury this species has also been recorded in Titirangi and in other locations throughout the North Island.[8][9]
Host species
The larvae feed exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[8][10]
References
- ↑ "Pyrgotis". www.tortricidae.com. Colorado State University. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera No 2". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 277. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- 1 2 Edward Meyrick (May 1883). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. I and II. Crambidae and Tortricina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 39. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111013914. BHL page 33980354
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 222, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899833 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 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 "Environmental Impact Assessment of Aerial Spraying Btk in NZ for painted apple moth | MPI Biosecurity New Zealand". www.biosecurity.govt.nz. Biosecurity New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882". gbif.org. 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ 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.