Dasyuris transaurea

Dasyuris transaurea is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.

Dasyuris transaurea
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dasyuris
Species:
D. transaurea
Binomial name
Dasyuris transaurea
Howes, 1912[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dasyuris transaureus Howes, 1912

Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Howes in 1912 and named Dasyuris transaureus.[3][2]

Description

Howes described this species as follows:

19mm. (⅔ in.). Palpi long, with dense long hairs. Antennae simple in both sexes. Forewings light ochre, marked with dark brown and golden orange. Dark-brown area at base, followed by a thin ochre line. A small golden patch continuing in dark brown to dorsum. A thin ochre line at ⅓, followed by a wider dark-brown area. An equally wide ochre line at ½ followed by a broad dark-brown area, which is interrupted at middle by a golden triangle. A thin ochre line follows, edged terminally with golden, which is indented on terminal side, where the veins cross. A dark-brown area to termen, with a faint subterminal line in ochre. The veins crossing this area marked in golden. Cilia dark ochre, barred with brown.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

References
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  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 178. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. George Howes (10 June 1912), New species of Lepidoptera, with notes on the larvae and pupae of some New Zealand butterflies, vol. 44, pp. 203–204, Wikidata Q108292136
  4. "Dasyuris strategica (Meyrick, 1883)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-27.


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