Gellonia dejectaria
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Species: | G. dejectaria
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Gellonia dejectaria, the brown evening moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2]The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
G. dejectaria larvae eat the leaves of the māhoe, supplejack and bush lawyer plants.[3][4]
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- ^ a b "Gellonia dejectaria (Walker, 1860)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 165. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
- ^ "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
Categories:
- Ennominae
- Moths of New Zealand
- Endemic fauna of New Zealand
- Taxa named by Francis Walker
- Moths described in 1860
- Ennominae stubs