Aponotoreas dissimilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Aponotoreas |
Species: | A. dissimilis
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas dissimilis | |
Synonyms | |
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Aponotoreas dissimilis is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 under the name Venusia dissimilis using material collected by Merlin Owen Pasco. [4] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. dissimilis within it. [3]
A. dissimilis is a reddish brown colour mixed with grey. The forewings are triangular in shape. Both the fore and hind wings have a number of dark coloured faintly waved lines on them and there is a small black disk shaped dot on the fore wings. The female of the species has a similar appearance to the male but is a more grey-brown colour. [4]
The type specimen of this species was collected by Merlin Owen Pasco at Ben Lomond in February. [4] Specimens have also been collected around Te Kuha. [5]
The larvae of A. dissimilis has been shown to feed on species of Dracophyllum. [3] [6]
Aponotoreas dissimilis | |
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Male specimen | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Aponotoreas |
Species: | A. dissimilis
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas dissimilis | |
Synonyms | |
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Aponotoreas dissimilis is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 under the name Venusia dissimilis using material collected by Merlin Owen Pasco. [4] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. dissimilis within it. [3]
A. dissimilis is a reddish brown colour mixed with grey. The forewings are triangular in shape. Both the fore and hind wings have a number of dark coloured faintly waved lines on them and there is a small black disk shaped dot on the fore wings. The female of the species has a similar appearance to the male but is a more grey-brown colour. [4]
The type specimen of this species was collected by Merlin Owen Pasco at Ben Lomond in February. [4] Specimens have also been collected around Te Kuha. [5]
The larvae of A. dissimilis has been shown to feed on species of Dracophyllum. [3] [6]