''Asaphodes'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Geometridae erected by
Edward Meyrick in 1885.
This genus is
endemic
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to
New Zealand
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and species within this genus are found throughout New Zealand including the
North
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Etymology
T ...
,
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and
Stewart / Rakiura Islands.
Taxonomy
This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as a replacement name for the genus ''Thyone''.
Meyrick gave more detail in 1886 as well as in 1892.
This genus was reinterpreted by
J. S. Dugdale in 1971.
Dugdale stated that the species within this genus
The type species of this genus is ''
Asaphodes abrogata'', by original
monotypy
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
.
Description
Meyrick described this genus as follows:
Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Zealand and species within this genus are found throughout New Zealand including in the North, South and Stewart Island / Rakiura Islands.
Species
The species found in the genus ''Asaphodes'' include:
* ''
Asaphodes abrogata''
(Walker 1862)
* ''
Asaphodes adonis''
(Hudson, 1898)
* ''
Asaphodes aegrota''
(Butler, 1879)
* ''
Asaphodes albalineata''
(Philpott, 1915)
* ''
Asaphodes aphelias''
(Prout, 1939)
* ''
Asaphodes beata''
(Butler, 1877)
* ''
Asaphodes camelias''
(Meyrick, 1888)
* ''
Asaphodes campbellensis''
(Dugdale, 1964)
* ''
Asaphodes cataphracta''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes chionogramma''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes chlamydota''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes chlorocapna''
(Meyrick, 1925)
* ''
Asaphodes cinnabari''
(Howes, 1912)
* ''
Asaphodes citroena''
(Clarke, 1934)
* ''
Asaphodes clarata''
(Walker, 1862)
* ''
Asaphodes cosmodora''
(Meyrick, 1888)
* ''
Asaphodes declarata''
(Prout, 1914)
* ''
Asaphodes dionysias''
(Meyrick, 1907)
* ''
Asaphodes exoriens''
(Prout, 1912)
* ''
Asaphodes frivola
''Asaphodes frivola'', also known as the remuremu looper moth or Foveaux looper moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae with flightless females. It is endemic to New Zealand, and critically endangered, occurring in a very narrow and ...
''
(Meyrick, 1913)
* ''
Asaphodes glaciata''
(Hudson, 1925)
* ''
Asaphodes helias''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes ida''
(Clarke, 1926)
* ''
Asaphodes imperfecta''
(Philpott, 1905)
* ''
Asaphodes limonodes''
(Meyrick, 1888)
* ''
Asaphodes mnesichola''
(Meyrick, 1888)
* ''
Asaphodes nephelias''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes obarata''
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
* ''
Asaphodes omichlias''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes oraria
''Asaphodes oraria'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern South Island and on Stewart Island / Rakiura. The male is pale yellow coloured and the fe ...
''
(Philpott, 1903)
* ''
Asaphodes oxyptera''
(Hudson, 1909)
* ''
Asaphodes periphaea''
(Meyrick, 1905)
* ''
Asaphodes philpotti''
(Prout, 1927)
* ''
Asaphodes prasinias''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Asaphodes prymnaea''
(Meyrick, 1911)
* ''
Asaphodes recta''
(Philpott, 1905)
* ''
Asaphodes sericodes''
(Meyrick, 1915)
* ''
Asaphodes stephanitis''
Meyrick, 1907
* ''
Asaphodes stinaria''
(Guenee, 1868)
References
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Larentiinae
Geometridae genera