Planotortrix notophaea

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Planotortrix notophaea
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Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species:
P. notophaea
Binomial name
Planotortrix notophaea
(Turner, 1926) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Tortrix notophaeaTurner, 1926
  • Ctenopseutis obliquana distinctaSalmon, 1948

Planotortrix notophaea, the blacklegged leafroller, is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was also present near Sydney in Australia, but this population is thought to be extinct.

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Taxonomy

Form of Planotortrix notophaea Planotortrix notophaea by Possums' End.jpg
Form of Planotortrix notophaea

This species was first described in 1926 by A. J. Turner and named Tortrix notophaea. [3] Turner used a specimen sent to him by Alfred Philpott that had been reared in New Zealand. [3] It had emerged from a cutting of Acacia decurrans that had been collecting at Epping, Sydney. [3] The holotype specimen used for this description is now held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. [2] No other specimens have been collected in Australia and as such that population is thought to be extinct. [4] It has been hypothesised that this specimen resulted from the species becoming established in Epping as a result of a commercial nursery near where it was collected. [5] In 1928 George Hudson illustrated this species under the name Tortrix excessana. [2] In 1946 J. T. Salmon, thinking he was describing a new subspecies, named this moth Ctenopseutis obliquana distincta. [6] The specimen Salmon used for this description was collected by Graham Turbutt on the 23 April 1946 at Great Island and is now held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. [7] This name was synonymised by John S. Dugdale in 1966 and the species was placed by him within the genus Planotortrix . [5]

Description

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. [4] This species is a brown fuscous colour with antennae that are fuscous white. [3] The abdomen is grey with a lateral black stripe and fuscous coloured legs. [3] There is a diamond-shaped patch in the discal cell of the forewings. [4] This species can be variable in appearance. [4]

The larvae of this species have heads that are green with narrow brown stripes, a green body and white lateral stripes as well as black forelegs. [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [8] [9] It is found on the Three Kings Islands, the South Island and the North Island. [4]

Habitat and host species

Matai, one endemic host species of P. notonphaea. PrumnopitysTaxifolia.jpg
Matai, one endemic host species of P. notonphaea.

This species prefers coastal to montane forest habitat. [4] The larvae are polyphagous, but prefer small-leaved, hard-leaved gymnosperms and dicotyledonous angiosperms. [4] Endemic host species include Aristotelia serrata, Coprosma grandifolia, Metrosideros excelsa, and Prumnopitys taxifolia. [10] The larvae feed on leaves, buds and stems from a shelter made of foliage webbed together with silk. [11]

Human interactions

P. notophaea is regarded as being a damaging pest of commercial conifer forests. [11] It is listed as a Quarantine Pest when exporting forest goods from New Zealand to other countries. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Planotortrix species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Dugdale, John S. (1988-09-23). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Turner, Alfred Jefferis (1926-01-01). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 50: 120–155 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dugdale, J. S. (1990-07-01). "Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (3): 437–465. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943. ISSN   0301-4223.
  5. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1966). "A new genus for the New Zealand 'elusive tortrix' (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 9 (2): 391–398.
  6. ↑ Salmon, J. T. (20 December 1948). "New Species and Records of Lepidoptera from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3 (4): 309–311. JSTOR   42906019.
  7. ↑ "Planotortrix notophaea". Auckland War Memorial Museum. 22 November 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Planotortrix notophaea (Turner, 1926)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  9. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 465. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  10. ↑ "Planotortrix notophaea (Turner, 1926) Herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  11. 1 2 Nuttall, M. J. (1983). "Greenheaded leafroller, Blacklegged leafroller and Light Brown Apple Moth" (PDF). www.nzffa.org.nz. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Forest Products Export Standards - Phytosanitary Requirements". www.mpi.govt.nz. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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