Xanthorhoe orophyla

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Xanthorhoe orophyla
Xanthorhoe orophyla female.jpg
Female
Xanthorhoe orophyla male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Xanthorhoe
Species:
X. orophyla
Binomial name
Xanthorhoe orophyla
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epyaxa orophyla Meyrick, 1883

Xanthorhoe orophyla is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy[]

The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 under the name Epyaxa orophyla.[2] Meyrick gave a more detailed description of the species in 1884.[3]

Description[]

In 1898 George Hudson described the species as follows:

The expansion of the wings of the male is 1+1⁄4 inches, of the female 1+3⁄8 inches. The fore-wings of the male are pale brownish-grey; there is an obscure bent blackish line near the base, a moderately broad central band bounded by two very distinct shaded blackish lines, the basal one of which is not curved; the termen is shaded with darker grey, and there is an oblique pale mark near the apex. The hind-wings are pale grey tinged with ochreous. The female is slightly darker than the male; and there are numerous wavy pale and dark grey lines filling up the entire wing on each side of the central band.[4]

Distribution and habitat[]

The species has been collected in Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago.[4] Adults are on the wing from December to February and prefer open areas in lowland to alpine habitat.[4][5] Larvae feed on herbs species.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Xanthorhoe orophyla (Meyrick, 1883)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1883). "Monograph of New Zealand Geometrina". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 526–531 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c Hudson, G. V. (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co. pp. 58–59. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7912.
  5. ^ a b Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (1 January 1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau". New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 69–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962.


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