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Pasiphila dryas

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Pasiphila dryas
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. dryas
Binomial name
Pasiphila dryas

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

  1. ^ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)