Protithona fugitivana

Protithona fugitivana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Protithona
Species:	P. fugitivana
Binomial name
	Protithona fugitivana; Meyrick, 1883[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Eurythecta varia Philpott, 1916 ;

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

Illustration by George Hudson c. 1927

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

Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Protithona species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
"Protithona fugitivana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
Philpott, Alfred (1916). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 420–423 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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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[Tortricid-1] Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Protithona species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[NZOR-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.

[Dansey1991-4] 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.