Chloroclystis nereis

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Chloroclystis nereis
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Male specimen
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Female specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chloroclystis
Species:
C. nereis
Binomial name
Chloroclystis nereis
(Meyrick, 1888) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pasiphila nereisMeyrick, 1888
  • Chloroclystis idaHudson, 1939
  • Chloroclystis minimaHudson, 1905 (preocc.)

Chloroclystis nereis is a moth in the family Geometridae. [2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] The habitat consists of mountainous areas. [3] [5]

The wings are dusky grey with numerous black and dull white wavy transverse lines. Adults are on wing in January and February. [5]

The larvae feed inside the flower heads of Celmisia lindsayi .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chloroclystis nereis Meyrick 1888". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chloroclystis_auctorum nereis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Notes on New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 47–62 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ "Chloroclystis nereis (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  5. 1 2 Hudson, George Vernon (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co. p. 43. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7912.


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