Pasiphila malachita

Pasiphila malachita
Male syntype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Female specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Pasiphila
Species: P. malachita
Binomial name
Pasiphila malachita
(Meyrick, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis malachita Meyrick, 1913
  • Chloroclystis luminosa Philpott, 1915

Pasiphila malachita is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The larvae feed on Hebe species.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pasiphila malachita (Meyrick, 1913)". www.NZOR.org. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Hamish J.H. Patrick, Mike H. Bowie1, Barry W. Fox, and Brian H. Patrick. "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula" (PDF).


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