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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