| 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 moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
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]
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]
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]
The larvae of A. dissimilis has been shown to feed on species of Dracophyllum . [3] [6]
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