Pyrgotis humilis
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| Pyrgotis humilis | |
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| Male holotype specimen collected by C. E. Clark. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgotis |
| Species: | P. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgotis humilis | |
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]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults have been recorded in December.[3]
