Paradetis

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Paradetis
Paradetis porphyrias female.jpg
Female
Paradetis porphyrias male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Larentiinae
Genus:
Paradetis

Meyrick, 1885
Species:
P. porphyrias
Binomial name
Paradetis porphyrias
(Meyrick, 1883)
Synonyms[1]

Generic

  • Parysatis Meyrick, 1883

Specific

  • Parysatis porphyrias Meyrick, 1883

Paradetis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[2] Its only species, Paradetis porphyrias, is endemic to New Zealand. The genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick, the genus in 1885 and the species in 1883.

Taxonomy[]

This species was first described by Meyrick in 1883 under the name Parysatis porphyrias.[3][4] Meyrick went on to give a more detailed description of the species in 1884.[5] In 1886 Meyrick renamed the genus of this species Paradetis.[6]

George Hudson illustrated and discussed this species under its current name Paradetis porphyrias in both of his books New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera) in 1898 and The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand in 1928.[7][8]

Description[]

Meyrick described the species as follows:

Female. — 20 mm. Forewings moderate, costa sinuate in middle, apex almost acute, hindmargin deeply excavated on upper half and more shortly on lower third, so as to project bluntly below middle; yellow-ochreous, irregularly mixed with brown and purplish; veins clearly marked with fuscous; two slender ochreous-brown transverse lines, dilated on costa, first before middle, bent inwards near costa, second beyond middle, almost straight; beyond second a broad purplish shade, except near costa, dilated beneath to reach hindmargin; hindmargin purple: cilia white on excavations. Hindwings moderate, hindmargin shortly sinuate near inner angle; pale ochreous mixed with fuscous and purplish; a fuscous transverse fine before middle; a very broad purplish hindmarginal band.[5]

Distribution[]

P. porphyrias is endemic to New Zealand.[9] Meyrick first collected the species near Otira Gorge at Arthur's Pass in January.[5] The species has also been found at Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, and Lake Wakatipu.[8]

Habitat and host species[]

Hypolepis millefolium

Alfred Philpott mentioned that the species frequented the banks of mountain streams.[10] P. porphyrias larvae likely feed on .[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paradetis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Paradetis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 186. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1883). "Monograph of New Zealand Geometrina [abstract]". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 526–531 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ a b c Meyrick, Edward (1884). "A monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 16: 49–113 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1886). "Notes on Nomenclature of New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Institute of New Zealand. 18: 184 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. ^ Hudson, G. V. (1898). New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London. p. 41. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32466. OCLC 727236768. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 109. OCLC 25449322.
  9. ^ 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. 460. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  10. ^ Philpott, Alfred (1917). "A list of the Lepidoptera of Otago". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 195–238.
  11. ^ "Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment - Paradetis porphyrias". Plant-SyNZ. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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