Pasiphila halianthes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Pasiphila
- Species
- Pasiphila halianthes
- Scientific Name
- Pasiphila halianthes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pasiphila halianthes
Pasiphila halianthes is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Island. It inhabits the upper edges of native forest on mountainsides. Larvae feed on the shoots and leaves of shrubs. Adults are variable in appearance but are regarded as being large in comparison to other species in this genus. They on the wing from November until April.
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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
















