Pasiphila lunata

Pasiphila lunata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.[2]

Pasiphila lunata
Pasiphila lunata (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. lunata
Binomial name
Pasiphila lunata
(Philpott, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis lunata Philpott, 1912

The larvae feed on Hebe species.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila lunata (Philpott 1912)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. New Zealand Organisms Register Archived 16 June 2013 at Archive.today
  3. O. R. Green (1984). "New Zealand host and locality records for an introduced tortricid parasite, Trigonospila brevifacies (Diptera: Tachinidae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 8.


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