Biology:Pasiphila

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Short description: Genus of moths

Pasiphila
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Pasiphila rectangulata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Pasiphila
Meyrick, 1883[1]
Synonyms
  • Calliclystis Dietze, 1910
  • Cithecia Staudinger, 1897
  • Helastiodes Warren, 1895
  • Gymnodisca Warren, 1895

Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.[2][3]

Species

Taxonomy

Pasiphila was formerly treated as a synonym of Chloroclystis, as was Gymnodisca, which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of Pasiphila. Rhinoprora is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus Gymnodisca.

Furthermore, a number of species which were included in Pasiphila are now mostly placed in Pasiphilodes.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3010644 entry