Pyrgotis chrysomela

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Pyrgotis chrysomela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pyrgotis
Species:
P. chrysomela
Binomial name
Pyrgotis chrysomela
(Meyrick, 1914) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Catamacta chrysomelaMeyrick, 1914

Pyrgotis chrysomela is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are deep fulvous (tawny) orange. The hindwings are grey. [3] The type specimen of this species was collected by George Hudson in January at Kaeo and held at the Natural History Museum, London. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Pyrogotis species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Pyrgotis chrysomela (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1913). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand (published 23 Sep 1988). 14: 127. ISBN   0-477-02518-8. ISSN   0111-5383 via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.