Pasiphilodes testulata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphilodes |
| Species: | P. testulata |
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Pasiphilodes testulata, the pome looper,[2] is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Tasmania and on Norfolk Island,[3] as well as in New Zealand and on the Chatham Islands and Kermadec Islands.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]- Pasiphilodes testulata testulata
- Pasiphilodes testulata nobbsi (Holloway, 1977)
Behaviour
[edit]Adults of this species are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes testulata (Guenee 1857)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 October 2018). "Chloroclystis testulata (Guenée, 1857) Pome Looper". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Chloroclystis testulata". CSIRO. 11 November 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pasiphila Meyrick". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ B. H. Patrick; R. D. Archibald (1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. Wikidata Q105740584.
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