Poecilasthena schistaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Poecilasthena |
Species: | P. schistaria
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Binomial name | |
Poecilasthena schistaria | |
Synonyms | |
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Poecilasthena schistaria, the kanuka looper, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand. [2]
The wings vary from very pale brown to rather dull purplish-brown with numerous jagged, darker transverse lines. Adults are on wing from October to April. [3]
The larvae feed on Leptospermum scoparium. [4] They are dull green with a white more or less black-edged band down each side. There is a thin central white line on the back, and a narrow yellow line half-way between it and the lateral white band. The head is dull green. [5] Pupation takes place in a slight cocoon below the surface of the earth.
Poecilasthena schistaria | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Poecilasthena |
Species: | P. schistaria
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Binomial name | |
Poecilasthena schistaria | |
Synonyms | |
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Poecilasthena schistaria, the kanuka looper, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand. [2]
The wings vary from very pale brown to rather dull purplish-brown with numerous jagged, darker transverse lines. Adults are on wing from October to April. [3]
The larvae feed on Leptospermum scoparium. [4] They are dull green with a white more or less black-edged band down each side. There is a thin central white line on the back, and a narrow yellow line half-way between it and the lateral white band. The head is dull green. [5] Pupation takes place in a slight cocoon below the surface of the earth.