Pasiphila sandycias
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species:
P. sandycias
Binomial name
Pasiphila sandycias
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis sandycias Meyrick, 1905

Pasiphila sandycias is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] Adult moths of this species have been shown to pollinate Leptospermum scoparium and Olearia virgata.[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphila sandycias (Meyrick 1905)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. 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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