Pasiphila dryas

Pasiphila dryas
	Female specimen
	Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pasiphila
Species:	P. dryas
Binomial name
	Pasiphila dryas; Meyrick, 1891[1]

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

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila dryas Meyrick 1891". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila dryas Meyrick 1891". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

[2] New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.

[3] New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)