Biology:Aponotoreas synclinalis
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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. synclinalis
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| Aponotoreas synclinalis (Hudson, 1903)[1]
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Aponotoreas synclinalis (also known as the Wirerush looper) is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1903 as Notoreas synclinalis from a type specimen discovered by Alfred Philpott at Seaward Moss near Invercargill on 4 January 1900.[5] In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. synclinalis within it.[4]
Distribution
This moth is common in upland areas of the Catlins, Longwood Range and Stewart Island.[6] It is also present in south-west Fiordland.[6] It is unusual as it is only one of two species in its genus where specimens have been collected at sea level.[6]
Behaviour
This species is day flying and is on the wing from January until March.[7]
Host plants
The host plant of the larvae of A. synclinalis is Empodisma minus, the lesser wire rush,[4] and in alpine areas of Stewart Island is Dracophyllum politum.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aponotoreas synclinalis (Hudson, 1903)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/3dc3e49d-c4af-4215-9b01-2dad7c2bc051. Retrieved 7 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 6 February 2017.
- ↑ "Taxon: Aponotoreas synclinalis (Hudson, 1903) | Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Taxon/73240.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Craw, R. C. (1 January 1986). "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.
- ↑ Hudson, G. V. (1903). "On some new species of Macro-lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 35: 243–249. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22753#page/276/mode/1up.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Patrick, B. H. (1994). "Lepidoptera of the Southern Plains and Coast of New Zealand". Otago Conservancy Miscellaneous Series 17: 11.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Emerson, Brent C.; Wallis, Graham P.; Patrick, Brian H. (1 January 1997). "Biogeographic area relationships in southern New Zealand: a cladistic analysis of Lepidoptera distributions" (in en). Journal of Biogeography 24 (1): 89–99. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00053.x. ISSN 1365-2699.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13879140 entry
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