Gellonia dejectaria

Gellonia dejectaria
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Gellonia
Species:	G. dejectaria
Binomial name
	Gellonia dejectaria; (Walker, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
	Boarmia dejectaria Walker, 1860 ;

Gellonia dejectaria, commonly called the brown evening moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

G. dejectaria larvae eat the leaves of the māhoe, supplejack and bush lawyer plants.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 "Gellonia dejectaria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
↑ "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
↑ "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Gellonia dejectaria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[2] "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[terrain-3] "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.