''Pasiphila'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
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[Viidalepp, J. and V. Mironov. (2005)]
''Pasiphila hyrcanica'' sp. n.(Geometridae, Larentiinae) – a new species from Azerbaijan and Iran.
''Nota lepidopterologica'' 28(3-4) 193-201.
Species
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Pasiphila acompsa''
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Pasiphila aristias''
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Pasiphila bilineolata''
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Pasiphila charybdis''
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Pasiphila chloerata'' - sloe pug
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Pasiphila coelica''
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Pasiphila cotinaea''
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Pasiphila debiliata''
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Pasiphila derasata''
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Pasiphila dryas''
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Pasiphila erratica''
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Pasiphila excisa
''Pasiphila excisa'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Russia, Japan and Korea.
The larvae feed on the flowers of ''Rhododendron'' species and ''Eurya japonica
''Eurya japon ...
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Pasiphila fumipalpata''
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Pasiphila furva''
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Pasiphila halianthes''
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Pasiphila heighwayi''
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Pasiphila humilis''
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Pasiphila hyrcanica''
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*'' Pasiphila kumakurai''
*'' Pasiphila lita''
*'']Pasiphila lunata
''Pasiphila lunata'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
The larvae feed on '' Hebe'' species.
References
Moths described in 1912
lunata
Lunata is a locality of the commune of Capannori in the Provi ...
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*'' Pasiphila magnimaculata''
*'' Pasiphila malachita''
*'' Pasiphila melochlora''
*'' Pasiphila muscosata''
*'' Pasiphila nebulosa''
*''Pasiphila obscura
''Pasiphila obscura'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan and Russia.
The wingspan
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*'' Pasiphila plinthina''
*'' Pasiphila punicea''
*'' Pasiphila rectangulata'' - green pug
*'' Pasiphila rivalis''
*'' Pasiphila rubella''
*''Pasiphila sandycias
''Pasiphila sandycias'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Adult moths of this species have been shown to pollinate ''Leptospermum scoparium'' and ''Olearia virgata
''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bus ...
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*'' Pasiphila semochlora''
*'' Pasiphila socotrensis''
*'' Pasiphila subcinctata''
*'' Pasiphila suffusa''
*''Pasiphila urticae
''Pasiphila urticae'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand.
The larvae feed on ''Urtica ferox
''Urtica ferox'', commonly known as tree nettle and in Māori: ongaonga, taraonga, taraongaonga, оr okaoka, is a species ...
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*''Pasiphila vieta
''Pasiphila vieta'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. This species was discovered by Amy Castle. It was described by George Hudson in 1950 using specimens collected by Castle. It is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) ...
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Taxonomy
''Pasiphila'' was formerly treated as a synonym of '' Chloroclystis'', as was ''Gymnodisca'', which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of ''Pasiphila''. ''Rhinoprora
''Rhinoprora'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1895. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists this genus as a junior subjective synonym of ''Pasiphila
''Pasiphila'' is a genus of moths in the family ...
'' is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus ''Gymnodisca''.
Furthermore, a number of species which were included in ''Pasiphila'' are now mostly placed in '' Pasiphilodes''.
References
Eupitheciini
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