Homodotis amblyterma is a moth of the family Geometridae.[3] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Northland. Adults are on the wing in December.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Homodotis |
| Species: | H. amblyterma
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 using a specimen collected in Whangārei in December by Commander S. C. Patterson and named Asaphodes amblyterma.[4][2] George Hudson also used this name when he discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Homodotis in 1988.[2] The female holotype, which is labeled as a male, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description edit
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂ 24 mm. Head, palpi thorax grey irrorated whitish. Antennal pectinations 6. Forewings triangular, apex somewhat prominentrounded, termen little oblique, somewhat sinuate above, rounded beneath; grey; costal edge ochreous-whitish spotted dark grey; median band broad, with faint ochreous tinge, preceded by a slightly curved fascia of 3 or 4 dark fuscous striae separated by light grey, and limited posteriorly by 3 dark fuscous striae separated by whitish lines becoming white in disc above middle, rather prominentcurved in middle, beyond these a thick dark fuscous shade on costal half of wing: cilia grey, outer half whitish in sinuation. Hindwings light grey; a faint darker curved postmedian line; cilia light grey, outer half whitish-tinged.[4]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been observed in Northland.[4]
Behaviour edit
Adults are on the wing in December.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Homodotis amblyterma (Meyrick, 1931)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b c d John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 182. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c Edward Meyrick (1931). "New Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 62: 94. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63014994.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 408, Plate LVI fig. 18, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935