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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Helastia salmoni
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Helastia salmoni
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Helastia salmoni
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