Aponotoreas dissimilis
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Aponotoreas |
Species: | A. dissimilis
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Aponotoreas dissimilis | |
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Aponotoreas dissimilis is a
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 under the name Venusia dissimilis using material collected by Merlin Owen Pasco.[4] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. dissimilis within it.[3]
Description
A. dissimilis is a reddish brown colour mixed with grey. The forewings are triangular in shape. Both the fore and hind wings have a number of dark coloured faintly waved lines on them and there is a small black disk shaped dot on the fore wings. The female of the species has a similar appearance to the male but is a more grey-brown colour.[4]
Distribution
The type specimen of this species was collected by Merlin Owen Pasco at Ben Lomond in February.[4] Specimens have also been collected around Te Kuha.[5]
Host plant
The larvae of A. dissimilis has been shown to feed on species of Dracophyllum.[3][6]
References
- ^ "Aponotoreas dissimilis (Philpott, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ISSN 0111-5383. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ a b c Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 118–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Draft Terrestrial Ecology Report - Vegetation and Fauna of the Proposed Te Kuha Mine site" (PDF). Department of Conservation. Mitchell Partnerships. October 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- PMID 27099558.
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