Pyrgotis zygiana

Pyrgotis zygiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pyrgotis
Species: P. zygiana
Binomial name
Pyrgotis zygiana
Meyrick, 1882[1]

Pyrgotis zygiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark reddish-ochreous-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous and strigulated with leaden-grey. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Prumnopitys taxifolia.[3]

References

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