Planotortrix flammea
Type specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species:
P. flammea
Binomial name
Planotortrix flammea
(Salmon, 1956)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bactra flammea Salmon, 1956

Planotortrix flammea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1956 by John Salmon using a specimen collected by him at Homer Forks Fiordland in mid January.[2][3] Salmon named the species Bactra flammea.[2] In 1966, John S. Dugdale placed this species with the genus Planotortrix.[4]

Description

The colour pattern of the adults is purple brown or orange brown.[5] There is a dark purple brown dot in the forewing disc.[2] The hindwings are whitish ochreous with a distinct purple or orange fringe.[5] It has been noted that the type population is more orange in appearance other populations.[5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6] It can be found in Gisborne, Taupō, Taranaki, Nelson, Buller, North and Mid Canterbury, Mackenzie country and Fiordland.[5] The species inhabits coastal to alpine habitat.[5]

Habitat and host species

The larvae feed on Veronica odora, Veronica salicifolia, Veronica stricta and Veronica subalpina.[5] Other hosts include Veronica elliptica and Veronica pauciramosa.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NZOR Name Details – Planotortrix flammea (Salmon, 1956)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Salmon, J. T. (1956). "New Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83: 573–576 – via PapersPast.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1966). "A new genus for the New Zealand 'elusive tortrix' (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 9 (2): 391–398.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dugdale, J.S. (July 1990). "Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (3): 437–465. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943. ISSN 0301-4223.
  6. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  7. ↑ "Planotortrix flammea (Salmon, 1956) Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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