Aponotoreas villosa

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Aponotoreas villosa
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Male specimen
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Female 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. villosa
Binomial name
Aponotoreas villosa
(Philpott, 1917) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Notoreas villosaPhilpott, 1917

Aponotoreas villosa is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott as Notoreas villosa in 1917. [4] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. villosa within it. [3]

Distribution

The male of this species was first collected in 1910 at The Hump, near Waiau and the female of the species was discovered in 1915 by C. C. Fenwick in the same locality. [4] A. villosa has also been found in the Hunter Mountains. [4]

Habitat

A. villosa inhabits grassland areas up to 1200 metres in altitude. [4]

Life cycle

Adult moths are normally seen between December and February. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Aponotoreas villosa Philpott, 1917". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 7 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 6 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Philpott, Alfred (1917). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 239–247 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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