Asaphodes abrogata

Asaphodes abrogata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][3] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using a specimen collected by P. Earl in Waikouaiti.[4][5] The type specimen of this species is held at the Natural History Museum.[5]

Asaphodes abrogata
Male specimen
Female specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Asaphodes
Species:	A. abrogata
Binomial name
Asaphodes abrogata (Walker, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
Aspilates abrogata Walker, 1862 Fidonia servularia Guenée, 1868

Distribution

This species can be found in the central North Island as well as the South Island.[6]

Host plant

Plantago coronopus

Larvae have been reared on Plantago species including Plantago cornopus.[6]

References

1. "Asaphodes abrogata (Walker, 1862)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 459. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
4. Walker, Francis (1862). "XXIV: Geometrites (continued)". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 22-24: 1021–1280 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
6. White, E.G. (2002). New Zealand tussock grassland moths : a taxonomic and ecological handbook based on light-trapping studies in Canterbury. Lincoln, New Zealand: Manaaki Whenua Press. p. 260. ISBN 0478093454.

External links

• Specimens held at the Auckland Museum.