Biology:Aponotoreas dissimilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Aponotoreas |
| Species: | A. dissimilis
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| Aponotoreas dissimilis (Philpott, 1914)[1]
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Aponotoreas dissimilis is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 under the name Venusia dissimilis using material collected by Merlin Owen Pasco.[4] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. dissimilis within it.[3]
Description
A. dissimilis is a reddish brown colour mixed with grey. The forewings are triangular in shape. Both the fore and hind wings have a number of dark coloured faintly waved lines on them and there is a small black disk shaped dot on the fore wings. The female of the species has a similar appearance to the male but is a more grey-brown colour.[4]
Distribution
The type specimen of this species was collected by Merlin Owen Pasco at Ben Lomond in February.[4] Specimens have also been collected around Te Kuha.[5]
Host plant
The larvae of A. dissimilis has been shown to feed on species of Dracophyllum.[3][6]
References
- ↑ "Aponotoreas dissimilis (Philpott, 1914)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/a9986e23-6f3f-4944-9e57-5d01e0a6aaeb. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49008/FNZ14Dugdale1988150.pdf. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Craw, R. C. (1986-01-01). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13 (1): 131–140. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 46: 118–121. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3297289#page/140/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Draft Terrestrial Ecology Report - Vegetation and Fauna of the Proposed Te Kuha Mine site.". Mitchell Partnerships. October 2013. http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/getting-involved/consultations/2015/te-kuha/41289aa-2c-application-attachment-c.pdf.
- ↑ Schmidt, Olga (21 March 2016). "Larval food plants of Australian Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) - a review of available data". Biodiversity Data Journal 4 (4): e7938. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7938. PMID 27099558.
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