Aponotoreas orphnaea

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Aponotoreas orphnaea
File:Aponotoreas orphnaea male.jpg
Male specimen
File:Aponotoreas orphnaea female.jpg
Female specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Hydriomenini
Genus: Aponotoreas
Species:
A. orphnaea
Binomial name
Aponotoreas orphnaea
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pasithea orphnaea Meyrick, 1883
  • (Meyrick, 1883) Notoreas orphnaea

Aponotoreas orphnaea is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 as Pasithea orphnaea.[4] Meyrick collected the type specimen of A. orphnaea in January of that year near the summit of Ben Lomond at 1700 metres.[4] This moth subsequently became known as Notoreas orphnaea after Meyrick renamed the genus Pasithea as Notoreas when he became aware of that Pasithea was preoccupied.[5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. orphnaea within it.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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A. orphnaea has been observed in the high alpine zone of Central Otago in wetland habitat.[6][7] A. orphnaea has also been found in alpine grassland habitat.[8] It is regarded as being locally common on land covered by Mount Aspiring Station.[9]

References

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