Biology:Aponotoreas insignis

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Short description: Species of moth

Aponotoreas insignis
Aponotoreas insignis male.jpg
Male specimen
Aponotoreas insignis female.jpg
Female specimen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Hydriomenini
Genus: Aponotoreas
Species:
A. insignis
Binomial name
Aponotoreas insignis
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Aspilates insignis Butler, 1877
  • Butler, 1877) Notoreas insignis

Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by James Hector and John Enys.[5] Butler originally named the species Aspilates insignis.[5] In 1986 Robin C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. insignis within it.[4]

Behaviour

This moth is day flying.[6] Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March.[6]

Habitat and hosts

A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island.[6] Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Taxon: Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877) | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Taxon/73239. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 
  2. ↑ "Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/83d4c195-47fd-4a05-a22f-b80f4527f030. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 6 February 2017. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Butler, A. G. (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species.". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877:May-Dec.: 379–407. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90449#page/43/mode/1up. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Crowe, Andrew (2017) (in English). Which New Zealand insect?. Penguin Books. pp. 20. ISBN 978-0-14-100636-9. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105622564. 
  7. ↑ "Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877)". 2011. https://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/ReportForm.aspx?RecordId=2642&Type=H&ReportType=Adv&SortBy=Alpha&Biostatus=a,c,e,n. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13879144 entry




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