Dasyuris catadees
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Dasyuris |
| Species: | D. catadees |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyuris catadees | |
Dasyuris catadees is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] This species was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1939. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Tasman District, in Fiordland and in Southland. This species inhabits the high alpine zone and adults have been collected in January and March. Larvae feed on Aciphylla.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1939.[3] This male holotype specimen, collected by George Hudson at Mount Peel in the Kahurangi National Park, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Prout described this species as follows:
... has the areole simple on the right forewing, double — though with the distal very small (2nd. subcostal stalked) — on the left, the orange parts paler, almost white, the outer band very slender, on the hindwing curving more slightly; underside also whitish, the presubterminal dark band of the forewing broadened from 2nd. subcostal to 3rd. radial and again at the medians.[3]
This species is similar in appearance to D. partheniata.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5] Other than its type locality in the Nelson/Tasman Region, this species has also been observed in the Homer area, the Hump Ridge Track, the Hunter Mountains and the Murchison Mountains, all in Fiordland, as well as the Takitimu Mountains in Southland.[6]
Habitat and host species
This species inhabits the high alpine zone.[7] The larval plant hosts for this species are in the genus Aciphylla.[4]
Behaviour
Adults of this species are day flying and have been collected in January and March.[8][9][10]
References
- 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- 1 2 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: 178. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- 1 2 Prout, L.B. 1939: Geometridae: Fauna Indo-Australica. In: Die Grossschmetterlinge des Indo-australischen Faunengebietes. Vol. 12. Band, Die indoaustralischen Spanner. Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde:The Macrolepidoptera of the World, a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera 237-292. BHL page 56108702
- 1 2 R. J. B. Hoare; I. R. Millar; S. J. Richardson (2 January 2016). "The insect fauna of granite sand plains: a naturally rare ecosystem in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 39 (1): 10. doi:10.1080/00779962.2015.1108159. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54783104.
- ↑ "Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ Brian H. Patrick (1982). "New southern Lepidoptera records". The Wētā. 9: 85–86. ISSN 0111-7696. Wikidata Q131451049.
- ↑ Department of Conservation (July 2005). Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Lake Hawea part 1 (PDF) (Report). Land Information New Zealand. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ "Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review - Earnslaw" (PDF). linz.govt.nz. May 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "NZAC04192138 – Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ "Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2026-06-28.