Pasiphila dryas

Pasiphila dryas
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Pasiphila
Species: P. dryas
Binomial name
Pasiphila dryas

Pasiphila dryas is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Adults are on wing in December and January.

The forewings are dull rosy-brown with numerous obscure blackish transverse lines. The hindwings are grey, tinged with rosy-brown with numerous very faint blackish transverse lines.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)


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