Sagephora phortegella

Sagephora phortegella is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Sagephora phortegella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Sagephora
Species:
S. phortegella
Binomial name
Sagephora phortegella
Meyick, 1888[1]

The wingspan is 8–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white, the dorsal half suffusedly streaked with whitish-ochreous. There is a thick, gradually-dilated, blackish streak along the costa from base to three-fourths, the apex pointed, the lower margin with a slight projection before the middle. There is sometimes an irregular blackish line below the middle from near the base parallel to the inner and hind-margins to the apex, and a similar almost marginal line along the inner margin to the anal angle, then as a hindmarginal streak to the apex, where it is confluent with the first. Sometimes, there is a defined narrow blackish streak along the inner margin, and a moderate blackish hindmarginal fascia attenuated at the extremities. The hindwings are grey or whitish-grey, rarely rather dark grey.[4]

References
  1. "Sagephora phortegella Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 64. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 77–106 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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