Asaphodes aphelias

Asaphodes aphelias
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Asaphodes
Species: A. aphelias
Binomial name
Asaphodes aphelias
(Prout, 1939)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Xanthorhoe aphelias Prout, 1939
  • Xanthorhoe helias obscura Philpott, 1921

Asaphodes aphelias is a species of moth in the Geometridae family.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The type specimen of this species was collected from Hump Ridge in Fiordland by Alfred Philpott.[3] A. aphelias was first described by Philpott under the name Xanthorhoe helias obscura.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Asaphodes aphelias (Prout, 1939)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. Philpott, Alfred (1921). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 337–342 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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