Paranotoreas brephosata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Paranotoreas |
| Species: | P. brephosata
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Taxonomy
editThis species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 and given the name Fidonia brephosata.[3][1]
George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1898 book New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera) and his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand under the name Notoreas brephos.[4][5][2] In 1986 Robin C. Craw proposed placing this species within the genus Paranotoreas.[6] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
editHudson described the species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is about 1 inch. The fore-wings are dark grey; there is a wavy black line near the base, two similar lines enclosing a very broad central area, with a black dot a little above the middle; beyond this there is a more or less distinct wavy band of pale grey or brown; there are several obscure wavy blackish lines near the termen. The hind-wings are bright orange, dotted with grey near the base and dorsum, with from two to four more or less distinct wavy black transverse lines, generally rather narrow; the termen is moderately broadly bordered with black.[4]
References
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- ^ a b "Paranotoreas brephosata (Walker, 1862)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 186 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1862). "Geometrites (continued)". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 24: 1037 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b Hudson, George Vernon (1898). New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & Co. pp. 75–76.
- ^ Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 126.
- ^ Craw, R.C. (5 January 2012). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (1): 131–140. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654.
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