Aponotoreas anthracias

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Aponotoreas anthracias
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Female specimen
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Male specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Hydriomenini
Genus: Aponotoreas
Species:
A. anthracias
Binomial name
Aponotoreas anthracias
(Meyrick, 1883) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Larentia anthraciasMeyrick, 1883
  • Notoreas anthracias(Meyrick, 1883)

Aponotoreas anthracias is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 under the name Larentia anthracias. [5] Specimens of this species have been collected in the Maungatua ranges, [6] the Remarkables [7] and the Hawkdun Ecological District in Otago. [8] The host plant of this moth is Dracophyllum. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Aponotoreas anthracias (Meyrick, 1883)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 170–171. ISSN   0111-5383. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. ↑ Craw, R. C. (1986-01-01). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (1): 131–140. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654 . ISSN   0301-4223.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1883). "A monograph of New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 16: 49–113 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ↑ Patrick, B. H.; Barratt, B. I. P.; Ward, J. B.; McLellan, I. D. (1993). "Insects of the Waipori Ecological District" (PDF). Otago Conservancy Miscellaneous Series. 16: 32. ISBN   978-0478014815. ISSN   0114-7455. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  7. 1 2 Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi: 10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820 . ISSN   0303-6758.
  8. ↑ Patrick, Brian (1994). "Hawkdun Ecological District Invertebrate Survey" (PDF). Science & Research Series. 64. ISBN   978-0-478-01553-9. ISSN   0113-3713. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-02-02.


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