Austrocidaria similata

Austrocidaria similata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Xanthorhoini
Genus: Austrocidaria
Species: A. similata
Binomial name
Austrocidaria similata
(Walker 1862)
Synonyms
  • Cidaria timarata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Cidaria similata Walker, 1862

Austrocidaria similata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae.[1] It endemic to New Zealand and is found on the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Snares Islands, the Chatham Islands and mainland New Zealand, Stewart Island and Codfish Island.[2][3] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using a specimen obtained by William Colenso.[4]

Adults are on wing in December, February, May and September.[5] The larvae feed on Coprosma species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Austrocidaria similata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. ↑ Patrick, B. H. (1997). "Codfish Island moths". The Weta. 20 (1): 17–20 – via CiteSeerX.
  3. ↑ Marris, J. W. M. (2000-06-01). "The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 30 (2): 169–195. doi:10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616. ISSN 0303-6758.
  4. ↑ Walker, Francis (1862). "Part XXV: Geometrites (continued)". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 25: 1281–1477 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Lyford, Brian M. (1994). "Lepidoptera and Trichoptera from Paroa, near Greymouth, New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 17 (1): 46–51. doi:10.1080/00779962.1994.9721984. ISSN 0077-9962.
  6. ↑ Department of Conservation (July 2005). Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Lake Hawea part 1 (PDF) (Report). Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 22 August 2017.


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