| Dasyuris anceps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Dasyuris |
| Species: | D. anceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyuris anceps (Butler, 1877) | |
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Dasyuris anceps is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. [1] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
In 1988 John S. Dugdale discussed the two subspecies of this species. [2] In 2012 Robert Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity appeared to raise the subspecies Dasyuris anceps grisescens to the species Dasyuris grisescens. [1]
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