Dichromodes sphaeriata

Dichromodes sphaeriata
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Dichromodes
Species:	D. sphaeriata
Binomial name
	Dichromodes sphaeriata; (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Cidaria sphaeriata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 ; Dichromodes petrina Meyrick, 1892 ;

Dichromodes sphaeriata is a moth of the family Geometridae.² It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 using a specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and originally named this species Cidaria sphaeriata.³¹ In 1892 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Dichromodes petrina. Prout synonymised this name in 1912. The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.¹

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.⁴

References

Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 192. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
von Felder, Cajetan; Rogenhofer, Alois Friedrich (1875). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Vol. 2. Wien. pp. Plate CXXXI Figure 14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)BHL page 1221364
"Dichromodes sphaeriata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

[Dugdale1988-1] Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 192. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[NZIB-2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

[3] von Felder, Cajetan; Rogenhofer, Alois Friedrich (1875). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Vol. 2. Wien. pp. Plate CXXXI Figure 14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)BHL page 1221364

[NZOR-4] "Dichromodes sphaeriata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

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