Pasiphila dryas: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Pasiphila
- Species
- Pasiphila dryas
- Scientific Name
- Pasiphila dryas
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pasiphila dryas
Pasiphila dryas is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern half of the North Island and throughout the South Island. The larval host plant for this species is Veronica salicifolia. Adults are most commonly on the wing from November until May and may occasionally be observed during New Zealand's winter months. The adult moth is attracted to light.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pasiphila acompsa
- Pasiphila aristias
- Pasiphila bilineolata
- Pasiphila charybdis
- Pasiphila chloerata
- Pasiphila cotinaea
- Pasiphila debiliata
- Pasiphila derasata
- Pasiphila dryas
- Pasiphila erratica
- Pasiphila fumipalpata
- Pasiphila furva
- Pasiphila halianthes
- Pasiphila heighwayi
- Pasiphila horistes
- Pasiphila humilis
- Pasiphila hyrcanica
- Pasiphila kumakurai
- Pasiphila lita
- Pasiphila lunata
- Pasiphila magnimaculata
- Pasiphila malachita
- Pasiphila melochlora
- Pasiphila muscosata
- Pasiphila nebulosa
- Pasiphila obscura
- Pasiphila palaearctica
- Pasiphila palpata
- Pasiphila plinthina
- Pasiphila punicea
- Pasiphila rectangulata
- Pasiphila rivalis
- Pasiphila rubella
- Pasiphila sandycias
- Pasiphila semochlora
- Pasiphila socotrensis
- Pasiphila subcinctata
- Pasiphila suffusa
- Pasiphila urticae
- Pasiphila vieta
- Pasiphila viridescens




















