Chloroclystis nereis
Male specimen
Female specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chloroclystis
Species:
C. nereis
Binomial name
Chloroclystis nereis
(Meyrick, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pasiphila nereis Meyrick, 1888
  • Chloroclystis ida Hudson, 1939
  • Chloroclystis minima Hudson, 1905 (preocc.)

Chloroclystis nereis is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4] The habitat consists of mountainous areas.[3][5]

The wings are dusky grey with numerous black and dull white wavy transverse lines. Adults are on wing in January and February.[5]

The larvae feed inside the flower heads of Celmisia lindsayi.[6] Adult moths have been shown to pollinate Celmisia discolor, Celmisia gracilenta and Helichrysum selago.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chloroclystis nereis Meyrick 1888". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chloroclystis_auctorum nereis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Notes on New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 47–62 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ "Chloroclystis nereis (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  5. 1 2 Hudson, George Vernon (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co. p. 43. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7912.
  6. ↑ B. Patrick (January 1982). "Lepidoptera of Danseys Pass, Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 7 (3): 332–336. doi:10.1080/00779962.1982.9722418. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54755440.
  7. ↑ Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q54669862.


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