''Aponotoreas incompta'' is a
moth of the family
Geometridae.
It is
endemic to
New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by
Alfred Philpott
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in 1918 under the name ''Notoreas incompta''.
In 1986 R. C. Craw described the new genus ''
Aponotoreas
''Aponotoreas'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Robin C. Craw in 1986.
Species
* '' Aponotoreas anthracias'' (Meyrick, 1883)
* '' Aponotoreas dissimilis'' (Philpott, 1914)
* '' Aponotoreas incompta'' (Philpott, 1918)
* ' ...
'' and included ''A. incompta'' within it.
Description
Philpott stated that ''A. incompta'' was hardly indistinguishable in colour from ''
A. orphnaea'' but that ''A. incompta'' differs as its
antennal pectinations are shorter and it has less developed palpal hairs.
Distribution
The
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specimen of this species was collected in January by R. Gibb, at the time the curator of the
Southland Museum, in the
Kepler Mountains at a height of approximately 900 metres.
Specimens have also been collected around
Arthur's Pass and the
Hunter Mountains.
''A. incompta'' is regarded as an upland species of
Fiordland but is also present as an outlier in the Old Man Range region of
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Host plant
Hudson
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noted that when he collected specimens at Arthurs Pass, ''A. incompta'' frequented
Helichrysum although he did not state the host species of this moth.
Larvae of this moth have been found on ''
Dracophyllum'' species.
References
External links
Citizen science observations of speciesSpecimens held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Moths of New Zealand
Hydriomenini
Moths described in 1914
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Endemic moths of New Zealand
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