Dasyuris transaurea
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Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dasyuris
Species:
D. transaurea
Binomial name
Dasyuris transaurea
Howes, 1912[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Dasyuris transaureus Howes, 1912

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

Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Howes in 1912 and named Dasyuris transaureus.[3][2]

Description

Howes described this species as follows:

19mm. (⅔ in.). Palpi long, with dense long hairs. Antennae simple in both sexes. Forewings light ochre, marked with dark brown and golden orange. Dark-brown area at base, followed by a thin ochre line. A small golden patch continuing in dark brown to dorsum. A thin ochre line at ⅓, followed by a wider dark-brown area. An equally wide ochre line at ½ followed by a broad dark-brown area, which is interrupted at middle by a golden triangle. A thin ochre line follows, edged terminally with golden, which is indented on terminal side, where the veins cross. A dark-brown area to termen, with a faint subterminal line in ochre. The veins crossing this area marked in golden. Cilia dark ochre, barred with brown.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

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 3 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: 178. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 George Howes (10 June 1912), New species of Lepidoptera, with notes on the larvae and pupae of some New Zealand butterflies, vol. 44, pp. 203–204, Wikidata Q108292136
  4. ↑ "Dasyuris strategica (Meyrick, 1883)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-27.


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