Eurythecta curva
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Eurythecta |
| Species: | E. curva
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Eurythecta curva is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[2] This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1918. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1918 using a specimen collected by him at Mount Cleughearn in the Hunter Mountains in Fiordland at 3500 ft.[3][4] E. curva is regarded as being taxonomically unresolved as it likely belongs to another genus.[5] It is therefore also known as Eurythecta (s.l.) curva.[2] The male holotype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[1]
Description
[edit]Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 14-15 mm. Head and palpi ochreous. Antennae fuscous, ciliations 2+1⁄2. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen grey - whitish, anal tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous - whitish. Forewings, costa strongly arched at base, apex round-pointed, termen straight, oblique ochreous-whitish with scattered fuscous scales ; a rather bright ochreous mark in disc above middle from 1⁄3 to 2⁄3 ; sometimes a similar but more obscure mark below middle ; the fuscous scales sometimes tend to form lines on veins : cilia whitish-ochreous with two darker lines. Hindwings, termen markedly sinuate, greyish-fuscous : cilia as in forewings.[3]
Similar in appearance to Eurythecta eremana but E. curva can be distinguished on its size and wing shape.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5]
Habitat
[edit]Adults have been observed flying over low lying herbage.[3]
Behaviour
[edit]Adults of this species are on the wing in January.[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: 123. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Alfred Philpott (1918). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute (in English and English). 50: 127. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109591818.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 225, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Eurythecta curva Philpott, 1918". NZOR. 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
