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Helastia plumbea

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Helastia plumbea
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Helastia
Species:
H. plumbea
Binomial name
Helastia plumbea
(Philpott, 1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Xanthorhoe plumbea Philpott, 1915

Helastia plumbea is a moth of the family Geometridae.[1] This species is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1915 and originally named Xanthorhoe plumbea.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Helastia plumbea (Philpott, 1915)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  2. ^ 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: 181. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ R. C. Craw (April 1987). "Revision of the genus Helastia sensu stricto with description of a new genus (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14 (2): 269–293. doi:10.1080/03014223.1987.10422997. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54670161.