Pseudocoremia fenerata

Pseudocoremia fenerata
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudocoremia
Species:
P. fenerata
Binomial name
Pseudocoremia fenerata
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhyparia fenerata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Selidosema fenerata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Selidosema argentaria Philpott, 1913
  • Selidosema adusta Philpott, 1930

Pseudocoremia fenerata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was first described by C. Felder & Rogenhofer in 1875 and originally named Rhyparia fenerata.[3]

The wingspan is 27–34 mm.[4]

Recorded food plants of the larvae include Agathis australis, Dacrydium bidwillii, Dacrydium biforme, Dacrydium cupressinum, Phyllocladus alpinus, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, Podocarpus ferrugineus and Podocarpus totara.[4] Exotic hosts are Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Cryptomeria japonica, Larix decidua, Larix kempferi and Pinus species.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Pseudocoremia fenerata". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  2. ↑ "Pseudocoremia fenerata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  3. ↑ Felder, Cajetan; Rogenhofer, Alois Friedrich (1864–1867). "Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara". Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. Von W. Vienna: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof und Staats Druckerei. Plate CXXXI, fig 7 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 Nuttall, M.J. (2009). "Pseudocoremia fenerata, a native looper". www.nzffa.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. ↑ "T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network - Pseudocoremia fenerata (NZ forest looper)". www.terrain.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  6. ↑ "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-07-11.