Aponotoreas anthracias

Aponotoreas anthracias
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Aponotoreas
Species: A. anthracias
Binomial name
Aponotoreas anthracias
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Larentia anthracias Meyrick, 1883

Aponotoreas anthracias is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 under the name Larentia anthracias.[5] Specimens of this species have been collected in the Maungatua ranges,[6] the Remarkables[7] and the Hawkdun Ecological District in Otago.[8] The host plant of this moth is Dracophyllum.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Aponotoreas anthracias (Meyrick, 1883)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Vol. 2. New Zealand: Canterbury University Press. p. 459. ISBN 9781877257933.
  4. ↑ Craw, R. C. (1986-01-01). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (1): 131–140. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654. ISSN 0301-4223.
  5. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1883). "A monograph of New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 16: 49–113 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ↑ Patrick, B. H.; Barratt, B. I. P.; Ward, J. B.; McLellan, I. D. (1993). "Insects of the Waipori Ecological District" (PDF). Otago Conservancy Miscellaneous Series. 16: 32. ISBN 0478014813. ISSN 0114-7455.
  7. 1 2 Patrick, Brian H.; Lyford, Brian M.; Ward, John B.; Barratt, Barbara I. P. (1992-12-01). "Lepidoptera and other insects of the Rastus Burn Basin, The Remarkables, Otago". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 22 (4): 265–278. doi:10.1080/03036758.1992.10420820. ISSN 0303-6758.
  8. ↑ Patrick, Brian (1994). "Hawkdun Ecological District Invertebrate Survey" (PDF). Science & Research Series. 64. ISBN 0-478-01553-4. ISSN 0113-3713.


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