Pyrgotis zygiana

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

Pyrgotis zygiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Pyrgotis
Species:
P. zygiana
Binomial name
Pyrgotis zygiana

P. zygiana was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 from a specimen obtained in Canterbury.[3] This species has also been recorded in Titirangi.[4]

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.[5]

The larvae feed on exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[4][6]

References
  1. "Pyrgotis". www.tortricidae.com. Colorado State University. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. "Pyrgotis zygiana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera No 2". New Zealand Journal of Science. v. 1: 277. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. Meyrick, E. (1882). "On New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 39. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. 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.


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