Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Larentiinae | |
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Similar Green pug, Chloroclystis, Gymnoscelis, Horisme, Thera | ||
Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.
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Species
Taxonomy
Pasiphila was formerly treated as a synonym of Chloroclystis, as was Gymnodisca, which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of Pasiphila. Rhinoprora is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus Gymnodisca.
Furthermore, a number of species which were included in Pasiphila are now mostly placed in Pasiphilodes.
References
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