Dichromodes sphaeriata

Dichromodes sphaeriata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.

Dichromodes sphaeriata
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dichromodes
Species:
D. sphaeriata
Binomial name
Dichromodes sphaeriata
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cidaria sphaeriata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Dichromodes petrina Meyrick, 1892

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Rudolf Felder, Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 using a specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and named Cidaria sphaeriata.[3][1] In 1892 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Dichromodes petrina. Prout synonymised this name in The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

References
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  1. 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: 192. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. von Felder, Cajetan; Rogenhofer, Alois Friedrich (1875). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Vol. 2. Wien. pp. Plate CXXXI Figure 14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Dichromodes sphaeriata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
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