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Pyrgotis consentiens
Pyrgotis consentiens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1916 and is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been collected in Fiordland, Southland and on Stewart Island and inhabits scrub dominated by species of Veronica and Cassinia. Adults are on the wing in December and January. The larval host of P. consentiens is Veronica odora.
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Description
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂♀. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-red. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen subsinuate ; purplish-red ; sometimes a white fascia from 1⁄4 costa to before middle of dorsum, narrowest towards costa, sometimes upper portion obsolete : cilia reddish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous : cilia fuscous-grey with a darker basal line, reddish-ochreous round apex.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the South Island, in Fiordland and Southland, and also on Stewart Island.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 396133.