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Dichromodes sphaeriata

Species of moth endemic to New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dichromodes sphaeriata
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Dichromodes sphaeriata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Rudolf Felder, Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 using a specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and named Cidaria sphaeriata.[3][1] In 1892 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Dichromodes petrina. Prout synonymised this name in The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

References

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