Bactra noteraula
Appearance
Bactra noteraula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Bactra |
Species: | B. noteraula
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Binomial name | |
Bactra noteraula Walsingham, 1907
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Bactra noteraula is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1907.[2][1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Life cycle
[edit]The larvae pupate at the base of their host plant.[4]
Habitat and host species
[edit]This species inhabits mainly coastal areas. The larval host species are species in the plant family Cyperaceae.[4]
References
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- ^ a b 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: 115. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ "Bactra noteraula Walsingham, 1907". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ a b Charles, J. G.; Dugdale, J. S. (February 2011). "Non-target species selection for host-range testing of Mastrus ridens". New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722208. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54666011.