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]
| Pyrgotis humilis | |
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| Male holotype specimen collected by C. E. Clark. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. humilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgotis humilis | |
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults have been recorded in December.[3]
References
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- ^ "Pyrgotis species". www.tortricidae.com. Todd Gilligan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 1–16. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905932. Wikidata Q58676529.