Aponotoreas orphnaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Aponotoreas |
Species: | A. orphnaea
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Aponotoreas orphnaea | |
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Aponotoreas orphnaea is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 as Pasithea orphnaea. [4] Meyrick collected the type specimen of A. orphnaea in January of that year near the summit of Ben Lomond at 1700 metres. [4] This moth subsequently became known as Notoreas orphnaea after Meyrick renamed the genus Pasithea as Notoreas when he became aware of that Pasithea was preoccupied. [5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. orphnaea within it. [3]
A. orphnaea has been observed in the high alpine zone of Central Otago in wetland habitat. [6] [7] A. orphnaea has also been found in alpine grassland habitat. [8] It is regarded as being locally common on land covered by Mount Aspiring Station. [9]
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Aponotoreas orphnaea | |
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Male specimen | |
Female specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Aponotoreas |
Species: | A. orphnaea
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas orphnaea | |
Synonyms | |
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Aponotoreas orphnaea is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 as Pasithea orphnaea. [4] Meyrick collected the type specimen of A. orphnaea in January of that year near the summit of Ben Lomond at 1700 metres. [4] This moth subsequently became known as Notoreas orphnaea after Meyrick renamed the genus Pasithea as Notoreas when he became aware of that Pasithea was preoccupied. [5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. orphnaea within it. [3]
A. orphnaea has been observed in the high alpine zone of Central Otago in wetland habitat. [6] [7] A. orphnaea has also been found in alpine grassland habitat. [8] It is regarded as being locally common on land covered by Mount Aspiring Station. [9]
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