Aponotoreas insignis (also known as the Alpine grassland orange) is a moth of the family Geometridae.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Aponotoreas |
| Species: | A. insignis
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 from specimens collected by James Hector and John Enys.[5] Butler originally named the species Aspilates insignis.[5] In 1986 Robin C. Craw described the new genus Aponotoreas and included A. insignis within it.[4]
Behaviour edit
This moth is day flying.[6] Adults of the species can be found on the wing between January and March.[6]
Habitat and hosts edit
A. insignis prefers to inhabit tussock land on the mountain sides of the South Island.[6] Larvae exist on species of Chionochloa and Poa.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Taxon: Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877) | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 170–171. ISSN 0111-5383. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ a b Craw, R. C. (1986-01-01). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (1): 131–140. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ a b Butler, A. G. (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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b c d Crowe, Andrew (2017). Which New Zealand insect?. Penguin Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-14-100636-9.
- ^ "Aponotoreas insignis (Butler, 1877)". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
External links edit
- Citizen science observations of Aponotoreas insignis
- Specimens held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
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