Pasiphila suffusa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphila |
| Species: | P. suffusa
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Pasiphila suffusa is a moth of the family Geometridae.[1] This species was first described by George Hudson in 1928 using specimens collected by Morris N. Watt on Mount Taranaki and originally named Chloroclystis suffusa. It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by George Hudson in 1928 using specimens collected by Morris N. Watt on Mount Taranaki and originally named Chloroclystis suffusa.[4] In 1971 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Pasiphila.[5] The male lectotype, collected by Watt at Mount Taranaki, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Hudson described the adults of this species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is 1 inch. The forewings are rather dark grey; there is a black-edged reddish-grey basal patch, a paler sub-basal area; the inner edge of the median ban is broadly edged with blackish-brown; there is a broad black sub-costal patch reaching from the inner to the outer edge of the median band; a warm brown subterminal band, finely edged with green towards the base and a series of blackish terminal marks. The hindwings are rather dark grey, slightly tinged with red-dish towards the dorsum where there are several blackish transverse lines. The cilia of all the wings are pinkish-grey barred with blackish.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Pasiphila suffusa (Hudson, 1928)". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ a b 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: 189. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 97, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286BHL page 61899708
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Dugdale, J. S. (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae". Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 106. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.