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Pasiphilodes testulata

Pasiphilodes testulata, the pome looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Tasmania and on Norfolk Island, as well as in New Zealand and on the Chatham Islands and Kermadec Islands.

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Pasiphilodes testulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphilodes
Species:
P. testulata
Binomial name
Pasiphilodes testulata
(Guenée, 1857)1
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia testulata Guenée, [1858]
  • Chloroclystis testulata
  • Scotosia denotata Walker, 1862
  • Phrissogonus denotatus Meyrick, 1891
  • Scotosia humerata Walker, 1862
  • Phibalapteryx parvulata Walker, [1863]
  • Chloroclystis nobbsi Holloway, 1977
  • Pasiphila testulata (Guenée, 1857)
  • Phrissogonus testulatus (Guenée, 1857)

Pasiphilodes testulata, the pome looper,2 is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Tasmania and on Norfolk Island,3 as well as in New Zealand and on the Chatham Islands and Kermadec Islands.4

Subspecies

  • Pasiphilodes testulata testulata
  • Pasiphilodes testulata nobbsi (Holloway, 1977)
References

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes testulata (Guenee 1857)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 October 2018). "Chloroclystis testulata (Guenée, 1857) Pome Looper". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. "Chloroclystis testulata". CSIRO. 11 November 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pasiphila Meyrick". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

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