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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