Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pyrgotis | |
Pyrgotis pyramidias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
P. pyramidia was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 from a specimen collected by Alfred Philpott in Invercargill. P. pyramidia has also been found at a location in Rotorua.
The host plant of P. pyramidia is Leucopogon fasciculatus.
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