| Paranotoreas brephosata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Paranotoreas |
| Species: | P. brephosata |
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| Paranotoreas brephosata | |
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Paranotoreas brephosata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 and given the name Fidonia brephosata. [3] [1]
George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1898 book New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera) and his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand under the name Notoreas brephos. [4] [5] [2] In 1986 Robin C. Craw proposed placing this species within the genus Paranotoreas. [6] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]
Hudson described the species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore-wings are dark grey; there is a wavy black line near the base, two similar lines enclosing a very broad central area, with a black dot a little above the middle; beyond this there is a more or less distinct wavy band of pale grey or brown; there are several obscure wavy blackish lines near the termen. The hind-wings are bright orange, dotted with grey near the base and dorsum, with from two to four more or less distinct wavy black transverse lines, generally rather narrow; the termen is moderately broadly bordered with black. [4]
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