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
Male
Female
Female December New Plymouth.
Female October New Plymouth
Male with wings spread, Photographed Broken Hill Mine area, Coromandel. February
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