Pyrgotis humilis
Male holotype specimen collected by C. E. Clark.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pyrgotis
Species:
P. humilis
Binomial name
Pyrgotis humilis

Pyrgotis humilis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 from a specimen collected by C. E. Clarke on Mount Maungatua in Otago.[3][4]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults have been recorded in December.[3]

References

  1. "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Todd Gilligan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. "Pyrgotis humilis Philpott, 1930". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Hudson, George Vernon (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, pp. 387–481, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
  4. Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1 (1): 4. JSTOR 42905932.


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