Asaphodes chlorocapna

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Asaphodes chlorocapna
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Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Asaphodes
Species:
A. chlorocapna
Binomial name
Asaphodes chlorocapna
(Meyrick, 1925) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Xanthorhoe chlorocapnaMeyrick, 1925

Asaphodes chlorocapna is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "At Risk, Relict'" by the Department of Conservation.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1925 as Xanthorhoe chlorocapna using a specimen collected by Stewart Lindsay at Mangere Island, in the Chatham Islands. [2] [3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated the species in 1928 using the name Xanthorhoe chlorocapna. [4] In 1987 R. C. Craw placed this species within the genus Asaphodes. [5] The holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum. [2]

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂︎ 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale greyish-ochreous irrorated blackish. Antennal pectinations ten ; forewings with termen slightly bowed, rather oblique ; light smoky-grey suffusedly irrorated dark fuscous ; costal area from base to 4⁄5 rather broadly suffused pale greyish-ochreous, with groups of two antemedian, and three postmedian dark fuscous shades crossing it, but becoming obsolete downwards ; discal spot small, transverse, dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, basal half dark grey. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia whitish, basal third grey. [3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [6] It can only be found in the Chatham Islands where it can be found on Mangere Island, Pitt Island and Rangatira Island. [7]

Biology and life cycle

Adult moths are on the wing in January. [4]

Host plants and habitat

The larvae of this moth consume the fallen leaves of Muehlenbeckia species. [7]

Conservation status

This moth is classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being "At Risk, Relict". [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Asaphodes chlorocapna (Meyrick, 1925)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 172. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1925). "Lepidoptera of the Chatham Islands". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 2 (5): 269–275.
  4. 1 2 Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 114.
  5. ↑ Craw, R. C. (2 February 2012). "Revision of the genus Helastia sensu stricto with description of a new genus (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14 (2): 269–293. doi:10.1080/03014223.1987.10422997.
  6. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 2. p. 459. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  7. 1 2 Patrick, Brian; Dugdale, John S. (2000). Conservation status of the New Zealand lepidoptera (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. p. 19. ISBN   978-0478218671. OCLC   154670803.
  8. ↑ Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 7. ISBN   9781988514383.
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