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Pasiphila
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Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.[2] Meyrick gave a more detailed description of this genus in 1884.[3] As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.[4][5]

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Species

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Taxonomy

Pasiphila was formerly treated as a synonym of Chloroclystis, as was Gymnodisca, which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of Pasiphila. Rhinoprora is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus Gymnodisca.

Furthermore, a number of species which were included in Pasiphila are now mostly placed in Pasiphilodes.

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