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Pyrgotis transfixa
Pyrgotis transfixa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Wellington region. This species inhabits native forest. Adults are on the wing in December and are attracted to light. It is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation.
From the article Pyrgotis transfixa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂︎. 15 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous mixed with dark red-brown. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 1. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly gently arched, with rather broad fold from base to beyond 1⁄3, termen sinuate, oblique; ferruginous-brown suffusedly reticulated with glistening greyish-violet; a narrow suffused ochreous-whitish median streak from base to termen, similar streaks on veins 6 and 7, on vein 3, and space between this and tornus suffusedly irrorated ochreous-whitish : cilia ferruginous-brown mixed whitish, tips whitish, at apex a violet-grey bar. Hindwings pale grey, very faintly; mottled; cilia whitish.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. This species is only known from Wellington. Specimens have been obtained in the Ōrongorongo Valley.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Very little is known of the biology of this species. The adult moths are on the wing in December. They are attracted to light.
Wikipedia: “Biology and life cycle”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 396138.