Asaphodes abrogata
Asaphodes abrogata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][3] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using a specimen collected by P. Earl in Waikouaiti.[4][5] The type specimen of this species is held at the Natural History Museum.[5]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Asaphodes |
| Species: | A. abrogata |
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Distribution
This species can be found in the central North Island as well as the South Island.[6]
Host plant
Plantago coronopus
Larvae have been reared on Plantago species including Plantago cornopus.[6]
References
- "Asaphodes abrogata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- 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. 459. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
- Walker, Francis (1862). "XXIV: Geometrites (continued)". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 22-24: 1021–1280 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- White, E.G. (2002). New Zealand tussock grassland moths : a taxonomic and ecological handbook based on light-trapping studies in Canterbury. Lincoln, New Zealand: Manaaki Whenua Press. p. 260. ISBN 0478093454.
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