Paranotoreas ferox is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[3][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 and named Fidonia ferox.[1] In 1986 Robin C. Craw placed this species within the genus Paranotoreas.[4]

Paranotoreas ferox
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Paranotoreas
Species:
P. ferox
Binomial name
Paranotoreas ferox
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fidonia ferox Butler, 1877
  • Notoreas ferox (Butler, 1877)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Paranotoreas ferox (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 186. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. ^ R.C. Craw (January 1986). "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. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54637584.