Biology:Dasyuris anceps

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Short description: Species of moth

Dasyuris anceps
Dasyuris anceps anceps female.jpg
Female
Dasyuris anceps anceps male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dasyuris
Species:
D. anceps
Binomial name
Dasyuris anceps
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • (Butler, 1877) Butler, 1877
  • Statira anceps Fidonia anceps
  • (Butler, 1877) Stathmonyma anceps

Dasyuris anceps is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Subspecies

  • Dasyuris anceps anceps Butler, 1877
  • Dasyuris anceps grisescens Prout, 1939[4]

In 1988 John S. Dugdale discussed the two subspecies of this species.[2] In 2012 Robert Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity appeared to raise the subspecies Dasyuris anceps grisescens to the species Dasyuris grisescens.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13547380 entry