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Pyrgotis chrysomela
Pyrgotis chrysomela seen at Ōtari-Wilton's Bush, Wellington
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pyrgotis
Species:	P. chrysomela
Binomial name
Pyrgotis chrysomela (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
Catamacta chrysomela Meyrick, 1914

Pyrgotis chrysomela is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are deep fulvous (tawny) orange. The hindwings are grey. The type specimen of this species was collected by George Hudson in January at Kaeo and held at the Natural History Museum, London.

References

1. "Pyrogotis species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
2. ^ "Pyrgotis chrysomela (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1913). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14 (published 23 Sep 1988): 127. ISBN 0-477-02518-8. ISSN 0111-5383 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.

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