Maoritenes cyclobathra

Maoritenes cyclobathra
	Maoritenes cyclobathra found on the Otago Peninsula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Maoritenes
Species:	M. cyclobathra
Binomial name
	Maoritenes cyclobathra; (Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
	Epagoge cyclobathra Meyrick, 1907 ; Capua cyclobathra (Meyrick, 1907) ;

Maoritenes cyclobathra is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic in New Zealand.^[2]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 and originally named Epagoge cyclobathra. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under the name Capua cyclobathra.^[3] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.^[4]

Description

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, tinged with purplish and sprinkled with dark fuscous, as well as suffused with dark ashy fuscous towards the middle of the costa and towards the termen mixed with reddish ochreous and strigulated (finely streaked) with dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.^[5]

References

^ tortricidae.com
^ "Maoritenes cyclobathra (Meyrick, 1907) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
^ Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 222, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286BHL page 61899833
^ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 128. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 39, 1906 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] "Maoritenes cyclobathra (Meyrick, 1907) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-05-07.

[3] Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 222, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286BHL page 61899833

[Dugdale1988-4] Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 128. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[5] Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 39, 1906 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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