Declana nigrosparsa

Declana nigrosparsa
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Declana
Species:
D. nigrosparsa
Binomial name
Declana nigrosparsa
Butler, 1879
Synonyms
  • Declana toreuta, Meyrick 1929

Declana nigrosparsa is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The female holotype collected by F. W. Hutton in Dunedin, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S.; Emmerson, A. W.; Hoare, R. J. B. (2023). "Declana and Ipana (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Fauna of New Zealand. 82: 1–120. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.82. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q124100766.
  2. ↑ "Declana nigrosparsa Butler, 1879". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Arthur Gardiner Butler (1879). "On a small collection of Heterocerous Lepidoptera, from New Zealand". Cistula entomologica. 2: 487–511. Wikidata Q104215588.
  4. ↑ 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: 164. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.