Homodotis

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Homodotis
File:Homodotis falcata female.jpg
Female H. falcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Genus: Homodotis
Meyrick, 1885[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Meyrick, 1883 Meyrick, 1883
  • Probolaea Harpalyce
  • Meyrick, 1885 Eurydice

Homodotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[3][4] All the species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Taxonomy

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This genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as a replacement name for Eurydice Meyrick as that name was preoccupied by the Crustacea genus Eurydice Leach, 1815.[1][5] The type species is Eurydice cymosema (now known as H. falcata) by monotypy.[4]

Species

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Species found in this genus include:[2]

References

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