Pseudocoremia melinata

Pseudocoremia melinata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pseudocoremia
Species:	P. melinata
Binomial name
Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
Numeria melinataFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Selidosema melinata(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Selidosema scariphotaMeyrick, 1915

Pseudocoremia melinata is a moth of the family Geometridae. ^{[2] [1]} It is endemic to New Zealand. ^[3]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. In 1915, thinking he was describing a new species, Edward Meyrick named this species Selidosema scariphota. ^[4] This name was synonymised by Alfred Philpott in 1931. ^[1]

Hosts

The larvae feed on a Carmichaelia . ^[5]

References

1. Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 168. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
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. "Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
4. Edward Meyrick (1915). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 202. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110745619 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. "Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-08.