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Bactra noteraula

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Bactra noteraula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Bactra
Species:
B. noteraula
Binomial name
Bactra noteraula
Synonyms[1]
  • Noteraula straminea Meyrick, 1885
  • Bactra xystrota Meyrick, 1911

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

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The larvae pupate at the base of their host plant.[4]

Habitat and host species

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This species inhabits mainly coastal areas. The larval host species are species in the plant family Cyperaceae.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Bactra noteraula Walsingham, 1907". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  4. ^ a b J. G. Charles; J. S. Dugdale (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.