Protithona fugitivana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Protithona |
| Species: | P. fugitivana
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The wingspan is 9–10 mm for males and 10–12 mm for females. The forewings are dull to bright ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous. There is a white or pale-ochreous streak from the base to one third of the wing, margined beneath by a dark-fuscous blotch. The forewings of the females are almost wholly suffused with greyish fuscous. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Potamogeton species.[4]
References edit
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- ^ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Protithona species". www.tortricidae.com. tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Protithona fugitivana Meyrick, 1882". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
- ^ Philpott, Alfred (1916). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 420–423 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Patrick, B.H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district (PDF). Wellington [N.Z.]: Dept. of Conservation. ISBN 0-478-01285-3. ISSN 0113-3713. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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