Pasiphila acompsa

Pasiphila acompsa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1927.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3] Larvae of this species have been reared on plants within the Veronica genus.[4]

Pasiphila acompsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. acompsa
Binomial name
Pasiphila acompsa
(Prout, 1927)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chloroclystis acompsa Prout, 1927
  • Chloroclystis modesta Philpott, 1915 (preocc.)

References
  1. "Pasiphila acompsa (Prout, 1927)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 186. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 460. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. "Pasiphila acompsa (Prout, 1927) Herbivore Report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 30 July 2019.


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