Pasiphila dryas

Pasiphila dryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species: P. dryas
Binomial name
Pasiphila dryas
Meyrick, 1891[1]

Pasiphila dryas is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand.[2]

Adults are on wing in December and January.

The forewings are dull rosy-brown with numerous obscure blackish transverse lines. The hindwings are grey, tinged with rosy-brown with numerous very faint blackish transverse lines.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. New Zealand Organisms Register
  3. New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera)
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