Aponotoreas synclinalis | |
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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. synclinalis
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Aponotoreas synclinalis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Aponotoreas synclinalis (also known as the Wirerush looper) is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]
This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1903 as Notoreas synclinalis from a type specimen discovered by Alfred Philpott at Seaward Moss near Invercargill on 4 January 1900. [5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. synclinalis within it. [4]
This moth is common in upland areas of the Catlins, Longwood Range and Stewart Island. [6] It is also present in south-west Fiordland. [6] It is unusual as it is only one of two species in its genus where specimens have been collected at sea level. [6]
This species is day flying and is on the wing from January until March. [7]
The host plant of the larvae of A. synclinalis is Empodisma minus, the lesser wire rush, [4] and in alpine areas of Stewart Island is Dracophyllum politum. [8]
Aponotoreas synclinalis | |
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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. synclinalis
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Binomial name | |
Aponotoreas synclinalis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Aponotoreas synclinalis (also known as the Wirerush looper) is a moth of the family Geometridae. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]
This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1903 as Notoreas synclinalis from a type specimen discovered by Alfred Philpott at Seaward Moss near Invercargill on 4 January 1900. [5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. synclinalis within it. [4]
This moth is common in upland areas of the Catlins, Longwood Range and Stewart Island. [6] It is also present in south-west Fiordland. [6] It is unusual as it is only one of two species in its genus where specimens have been collected at sea level. [6]
This species is day flying and is on the wing from January until March. [7]
The host plant of the larvae of A. synclinalis is Empodisma minus, the lesser wire rush, [4] and in alpine areas of Stewart Island is Dracophyllum politum. [8]