Planotortrix puffini

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Planotortrix puffini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species:
P. puffini
Binomial name
Planotortrix puffini
Dugdale, 1990 [1]

Planotortrix puffini is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. [2] Specimens have been collected from Lee Bay in Stewart Island. [3]

The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–40 mm for females. [4]

The larvae feed on Brachyglottis reinoldii , Celmisia lindsayi , Olearia colensoi (subspecies colensoi and grandis) and Olearia oporina . [4]

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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 17 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Planotortrix puffini Dugdale, 1990". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. ↑ Gleeson, D.; Holder, P.; Newcomb, R.; Howitt, R.; Dugdale, J. (2000). "Molecular phylogenetics of leafrollers application to DNA diagnostics" (PDF). New Zealand Plant Protection. 53: 157–162. doi: 10.30843/nzpp.2000.53.3627 .
  4. 1 2 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.


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