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Planotortrix flammea

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Species of moth

Planotortrix flammea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Planotortrix
Species: P. flammea
Binomial name
Planotortrix flammea
(Salmon, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Bactra flammea Salmon, 1956

Planotortrix flammea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

Type specimens

This species was first described in 1956 by John Salmon using a specimen collected by him at Homer Forks Fiordland in mid January. Salmon named the species Bactra flammea. In 1966, John S. Dugdale placed this species with the genus Planotortrix.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It can be found in Gisborne, Taupō, Taranaki, Nelson, Buller, North and Mid Canterbury, Mackenzie country and Fiordland. The species inhabits coastal to alpine habitat.

Habitat and host species

The larvae feed on Veronica odora, Veronica salicifolia, Veronica stricta and Veronica subalpina. Other hosts include Veronica elliptica and Veronica pauciramosa.

References

  1. ^ "NZOR Name Details – Planotortrix flammea (Salmon, 1956)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ Salmon, J. T. (1956). "New Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83: 573–576 – via PapersPast.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019 – via Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1966). "A new genus for the New Zealand 'elusive tortrix' (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 9 (2): 391–398.
  5. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  6. ^ Dugdale, J.S. (July 1990). "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.
  7. "Planotortrix flammea (Salmon, 1956) Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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Taxon identifiers
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