Planotortrix puffini

Planotortrix puffini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species:
P. puffini
Binomial name
Planotortrix puffini
Dugdale, 1990

Planotortrix puffini is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Specimens have been collected from Lee Bay in Stewart Island.

The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–40 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Brachyglottis reinoldii, Celmisia lindsayi, Olearia colensoi (subspecies colensoi and grandis) and Olearia oporina.

References

  1. ↑ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Planotortrix species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Planotortrix puffini Dugdale, 1990". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  3. ↑ Gleeson, D.; Holder, P.; Newcomb, R.; Howitt, R.; Dugdale, J. (2000). "Molecular phylogenetics of leafrollers application to DNA diagnostics" (PDF). New Zealand Plant Protection. 53: 157–162. doi:10.30843/nzpp.2000.53.3627.
  4. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1990-07-01). "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.