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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Asaphodes |
| Species: | A. mnesichola |
| Binomial name | |
| Asaphodes mnesichola | |
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Asaphodes mnesichola is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand.
This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 as '"Larentia mnesichola using material collected by Meyrick at Mount Arthur. [2] [3] Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in 1898 as Xanthorhoe mnesichola. [4] He also discussed and illustrated this moth under this same name in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. [5] In 1971 John S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Asaphodes. [6] This placement was confirmed by Dugdale in 1988. [2] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]
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