Pyrgotis plinthoglypta

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

Pyrgotis plinthoglypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Pyrgotis
Species:
P. plinthoglypta
Binomial name
Pyrgotis plinthoglypta
Synonyms
  • Capua plinthoglypta (Meyrick, 1892)

Taxonomy

P. plinthoglypta was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1892.[3]

Description

This species was described by Edward Meyrick as follows:

♂ 16mm. Head and palpi light reddish-ochreous. Antennae fuscous, ciliations 1. Thorax reddish-ochreous, with a curved dark fuscous mark above middle. Abdomen pale grey. Legs whitish, anterior pair and middle tibiae dark giey above. Forewings elongate - triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rather strongly sinuate, oblique ; pale fuscous-reddish, irregularly spotted with ochreous ; markings deep ochreous, partially mixed with black and ferruginous ; a streak from base of costa to middle of inner margin ; a second from ​1⁄3 of costa to ​3⁄4 of inner margin ; a third from costa immediately beyond second, suddenly bent round above middle, and terminating on costa at ​4⁄5, edged above from angle onwards by a snow-white streak attenuated posteriorly ; a fourth from costa, immediately beyond termination of third, obliquely inwards to disc beyond middle, thence acutely angulated to middle of hindmargin, edged on apical side throughout by a clear white streak interrupted on each side of angle, included apical space ochreous, marked with black on hindmargin ; two small leaden-grey spots between second and third streaks towards costa, and two others between third and fourth, lower of these larger ; an ochreous streak along lower half of hindmargin, edged with black on margin : cilia ochreous, with a dark fuscous apical bar. Hindwings pale whitish-grey, suffusedly spotted with grey; cilia grey-whitish, round apex whitish-ochreous.[3]

The wing markings of this species do not tend to vary.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand is found throughout the country.[1] It is regarded as being common.[4]

Behaviour

Adults are on the wing from October to May.[4] They are night flying moths and are attracted to light.[4]

Habitat and host plant

This species inhabits native forests. The larvae of this species feeds on rimu.[5]

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References
  1. "Pyrgotis plinthoglypta Meyrick, 1892". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Todd M. Gilligan. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1892). "On new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 24: 216–220 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Hoare, Robert J. B.; Ball, Olivier (2014). A photographic guide to moths & butterflies of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland Publishers Ltd. p. 52. ISBN 9781869663995. OCLC 891672034.
  5. "Pyrgotis plinthoglypta Meyrick, 1892 - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-04-07.


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