Pasiphila cotinaea
| Pasiphila cotinaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphila |
| Species: | P. cotinaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pasiphila cotinaea (Meyrick, 1913)[1] | |
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Pasiphila cotinaea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand,[2] where it is known from the South Island and the lower North Island.
Adults are on wing from November to April. There may be two generations per year.
The larvae feed on the flowers of various small-leaved Olearia species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ New Zealand Organisms Register
- ↑ Moths find Olearia shrubs tasty
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