Pseudocoremia melinata
| Pseudocoremia melinata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pseudocoremia |
| Species: | P. melinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) | |
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Pseudocoremia melinata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2][1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. In 1915, thinking he was describing a new species, Edward Meyrick named this species Selidosema scariphota.[4] This name was synonymised by Alfred Philpott in 1931.[1]
Hosts
The larvae feed on a Carmichaelia.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 168. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ "Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (1915). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 202. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110745619 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Pseudocoremia melinata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-08.