Helastia salmoni: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Helastia
- Species
- Helastia salmoni
- Scientific Name
- Helastia salmoni
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Helastia salmoni
Helastia salmoni is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only in Fiordland in the South Island. Adults of this species are on the wing in January and are nocturnal and attracted to light. Although similar in appearance to Helastia corcularia, H. salmoni can be distinguished as its forewings are a lighter white-grey. This species was named in honour of John Salmon.
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Sibling Taxa
- Helastia alba
- Helastia angusta
- Helastia christinae
- Helastia cinerearia
- Helastia clandestina
- Helastia corcularia
- Helastia cryptica
- Helastia cymozeucta
- Helastia expolita
- Helastia farinata
- Helastia mutabilis
- Helastia ohauensis
- Helastia plumbea
- Helastia salmoni
- Helastia scissa
- Helastia semisignata
- Helastia siris
- Helastia triphragma


