Protithona fugitivana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Protithona
Species:
P. fugitivana
Binomial name
Protithona fugitivana
Synonyms[2]
  • Eurythecta varia Philpott, 1916
Illustration by George Hudson c. 1927

Protithona fugitivana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm for males and 10–12 mm for females. The forewings are dull to bright ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous. There is a white or pale-ochreous streak from the base to one third of the wing, margined beneath by a dark-fuscous blotch. The forewings of the females are almost wholly suffused with greyish fuscous. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Potamogeton species.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Protithona species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Protithona fugitivana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  3. ↑ Philpott, Alfred (1916). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 420–423 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Patrick, B.H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district (PDF). Wellington [N.Z.]: Dept. of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01285-3. ISSN 0113-3713. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


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