Asaphodes beata

Asaphodes beata (also known as the dotted green carpet moth)[2] is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Asaphodes beata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Asaphodes
Species:
A. beata
Binomial name
Asaphodes beata
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cidaria beata Butler, 1877
  • Xanthorhoe benedicta Meyrick, 1914

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 as Cidaria beata using a specimen from the collection of J. D. Enys.[5]

This relatively common species can be found in forest throughout the country.[2]

References
  1. "NZOR Name Details - Asaphodes beata (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. Crowe, Andrew (2017). Which New Zealand insect?. Penguin Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-14-100636-9.
  3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 171. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877:May-Dec.: 379–407. Retrieved 15 February 2017.


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