Dasyuris anceps
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dasyuris
Species:
D. anceps
Binomial name
Dasyuris anceps
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Fidonia anceps Butler, 1877
  • Statira anceps (Butler, 1877)
  • Stathmonyma anceps (Butler, 1877)

Dasyuris anceps is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Subspecies

  • Dasyuris anceps anceps Butler, 1877
  • Dasyuris anceps grisescens Prout, 1939[4]

In 1988 John S. Dugdale discussed the two subspecies of this species.[2] In 2012 Robert Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity appeared to raise the subspecies Dasyuris anceps grisescens to the species Dasyuris grisescens.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 177. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ "Dasyuris anceps (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Dasyuris anceps grisescens Prout, 1939". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-08.


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