Austrocidaria similata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Xanthorhoini
Genus:
Austrocidaria
Species:
A. similata
Binomial name
Austrocidaria similata
(Walker 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cidaria timarata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Cidaria similata Walker, 1862
  • Euphyia nigrofasciata Prout, 1939
  • Hydriomena similata (Walker, 1892)

Austrocidaria similata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using a specimen obtained by William Colenso and named Cidaria similata.[3] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Distribution

A. similata is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species is found on the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Snares Islands, the Chatham Islands and mainland New Zealand, Stewart Island and Codfish Island.[4][5]

Biology and behaviour

Illustration of larvae by George Hudson.

Adults are on wing in December, February, May and September.[6] The larvae feed on Coprosma species.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Austrocidaria similata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 176. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Walker, Francis (1862). "Part XXV: Geometrites (continued)". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 25: 1281–1477 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Patrick, B. H. (1997). "Codfish Island moths". The Weta. 20 (1): 17–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.728.6325.
  5. ↑ Marris, J. W. M. (2000-06-01). "The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 30 (2): 169–195. doi:10.1080/03014223.2000.9517616. hdl:10182/5721. ISSN 0303-6758. S2CID 84422117.
  6. ↑ Lyford, Brian M. (1994). "Lepidoptera and Trichoptera from Paroa, near Greymouth, New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 17 (1): 46–51. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.728.7273. doi:10.1080/00779962.1994.9721984. ISSN 0077-9962.
  7. ↑ Department of Conservation (July 2005). Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Lake Hawea part 1 (PDF) (Report). Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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