Hydriomena rixata

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Hydriomena rixata
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hydriomena
Species:
H. rixata
Binomial name
Hydriomena rixata
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Cidaria rixataFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Cidaria squalidaButler, 1879
  • Euphyia rixata(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Euphyia rixata liara Prout, 1939

Hydriomena rixata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. [2] It was first described in 1875. [1] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [3] The classification of New Zealand endemic moths within the genus Hydriomena is regarded as unsatisfactory and in need of revision. [4] As such this species is currently also known as Hydriomena (s.l.) rixata. [2] [4] The adults of this moth are known to pollinate Dracophyllum acerosum . [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 184. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. ↑ "Hydriomena rixata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  4. 1 2 Hoare, R. J. B.; Rhode, B. E.; Emmerson, A. W. (2012). "Larger moths of New Zealand: Image gallery and online guide. Notes on families and subfamilies of larger moths included in this guide". Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN   0028-825X. Wikidata   Q54669862.


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