Gellonia dejectaria
Appearance
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Female (top) and male (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Gellonia |
Species: | G. dejectaria
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Binomial name | |
Gellonia dejectaria | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Gellonia dejectaria, the brown evening moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[2] The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
G. dejectaria larvae eat the leaves of the māhoe, supplejack and bush lawyer plants.[3][4]
References
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- ^ a b "Gellonia dejectaria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ 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: 165. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.