Aponotoreas insignis | |
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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. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas insignis | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]
This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by James Hector and John Enys. [5] Butler originally named the species Aspilates insignis. [5] In 1986 Robin C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. insignis within it. [4]
This moth is day flying. [6] Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March. [6]
A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island. [6] Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa. [6] [7]
Aponotoreas insignis | |
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Male specimen | |
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Female 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. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas insignis | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
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Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]
This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by James Hector and John Enys. [5] Butler originally named the species Aspilates insignis. [5] In 1986 Robin C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. insignis within it. [4]
This moth is day flying. [6] Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March. [6]
A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island. [6] Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa. [6] [7]