Pasiphila sandycias

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Pasiphila sandycias
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. sandycias
Binomial name
Pasiphila sandycias
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis sandycias Meyrick, 1905

Pasiphila sandycias is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] Adult moths of this species have been shown to pollinate Leptospermum scoparium and Olearia virgata.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila sandycias (Meyrick 1905)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q54669862.