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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Aponotoreas |
| Species: | A. insignis |
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| Aponotoreas insignis | |
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Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]
This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by James Hector and John Enys. [5] Butler originally named the species Aspilates insignis. [5] In 1986 Robin C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. insignis within it. [4]
This moth is day flying. [6] Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March. [6]
A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island. [6] Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa. [6] [7]
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