Pseudocoremia lutea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pseudocoremia |
| Species: | P. lutea
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Pseudocoremia lutea is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1914 using specimens collected at Bold Peak, Humboldt Range by C. Fenwick and George Howes in December and January.[3] Philpott named the species Selidosema lutea. George Hudson, using the same name, described and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned the species to the genus Pseudocoremia.[2] The holotype specimen is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[5]
Description
[edit]Philpott described the species as follows:
♂︎. 47 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dull yellowish-brown, face paler. Antennae moderately bipectinated, yellowish - brown. Abdomen pale yellow-brown. Forewings strongly arched at base, costa faintly sinuate, apex subacute, termen sinuate, rounded beneath, oblique ; dull yellowish-brown with a few scattered blackish scales, most plentiful near apex ; basal line indicated by a few blackish scales at dorsum ; first line much interrupted, dentate, black, most pronounced as an inwardly oblique mark on dorsum ; a series of obscure interneural black dots on termen : cilia dull yellowish-brown with obscure darker line. Hindwings, termen sinuate ; very pale yellowish-brown ; a prominent black discal dot and some black scales round termen : cilia pale yellowish-brown with faint darker line and tips whitish.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6] This species can only be found in the Otago Lakes area.[7]
Biology and host species
[edit]The biology and host species of this moth is unknown.[7]
Conservation status
[edit]This species has been classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon".[8]
References
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- ^ a b "Pseudocoremia lutea (Philpott, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2018-05-25 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
- ^ a b Philpott, Alfred (1914). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 118–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 142.
- ^ "Selidosema lutea Philpott, 1914". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ 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 Patrick, Brian; Dugdale, John S. (2000). Conservation status of the New Zealand Lepidoptera (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 28. ISBN 0478218672.
- ^ Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 30. ISBN 9781988514383.
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