Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudocoremia
Species: P. rudisata
Scientific name: Pseudocoremia rudisata
Pseudocoremia rudisata is a large nocturnal moth found throughout New Zealand.
This species contains two allopatric (occurring in separate, non-overlapping geographic areas) subspecies (rudisata: ampia Hudson, 1923) that are both widespread and common. The larvae are oligophagous (eating only a few specific kinds of food) within Asteraceae on Olearia generally (5 species reported), Ozothamnus, Brachyglottis and Helichrysum lanceolatum.
Moth (male) This species wing patterns vary in intensity
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Male
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Female
Female December New Plymouth.
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Female October New Plymouth
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Male with wings spread, Photographed Broken Hill Mine area, Coromandel. February
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