Pseudocoremia lactiflua
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pseudocoremia |
| Species: | P. lactiflua |
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Pseudocoremia lactiflua is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. This species inhabits native forest and the adults are on the wing from December until March. They are nocturnal and are attracted to light. Larvae feed on species in the plant genus Hoheria.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 and originally named Selidosema lactiflua.[4][2] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under that name.[5] The male lectotype, collected at the Routeburn Valley near Lake Wakatipu by Hudson, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 36 mm. Head and thorax olive-greenish mixed with yellow-whitish. Antennal pectinations, a 6, b 5 ; about 8 apical joints simple. Abdomen whitish-yellowish. Forewings triangular, costa slightly arched apex rounded-obtuse, termen evenly rounded, rather oblique ; 10 and 11 separate ; olive-greenish, sprinkled with blackish ; costal area strigulated with white from 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 ; lines formed by blackish suffusion, first and second double, waved, first somewhat curved, second slightly and rather irregularly curved, somewhat sinuate inwards towards dorsum, median thick, somewhat curved ; a blackish transverse discal mark beyond median line ; second line followed by a white band strigulated with olive-greenish ; subterminal line slender, waved, white, preceded and followed by blackish suffusion tending to form spots ; a terminal series of black lunulate marks : cilia pale olive-greenish, sometimes sprinkled with blackish, narrowly and obscurely barred with white. Hind wings whitish-yellow-ochreous, towards dorsum and termen sometimes finely and slightly sprinkled with grey ; a grey discal dot, sometimes faint ; a terminal series of slight dark-grey marks ; cilia whitish-ochreous-yellow.[4]
Distribution
P. lactiflua is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the South Island.[1]
Habitat and hosts
The species inhabits native forest.[5] The larval plant hosts of this moth are species in the genus Hoheria.[6]
Behaviour
Adults of this species are nocturnal and is attracted to light.[7] They have been observed on the wing from December until April.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Pseudocoremia lactiflua (Meyrick, 1912)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- 1 2 3 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: 168. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ 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 Edward Meyrick (10 June 1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 44: 117–118. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109393380. BHL page 3304888
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 140, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899751 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ B H Patrick; J. S. Dugdale (January 2000). "Conservation status of the New Zealand Lepidoptera" (PDF). Science for Conservation. 136: 30. ISSN 1173-2946. Wikidata Q110463865.
- ↑ Robert Hoare (2014). A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand. Illustrator: Olivier Jean-Philippe Ball. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-86966-399-5. Wikidata Q59396160.
- ↑ "Pseudocoremia lactiflua". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-07-11.