Pasiphila malachita

Pasiphila malachita
Dorsal view of male syntype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Ventral view of male syntype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species: P. malachita
Binomial name
Pasiphila malachita
(Meyrick, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis malachita Meyrick, 1913
  • Chloroclystis luminosa Philpott, 1915

Pasiphila malachita is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in New Zealand.[1]

The larvae feed on Hebe species.[2]

References

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