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

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

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 exclusively on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[4][6]

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  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. 1: 277. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. 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.
  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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