Homodotis

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Homodotis
Female H. falcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Genus: Homodotis
Meyrick, 1885[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Harpalyce Meyrick, 1883
  • Probolaea Meyrick, 1885
  • Eurydice Meyrick, 1883

Homodotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[3][4] All the species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Taxonomy[edit]

This genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as a replacement name for Eurydice Meyrick as that name was preoccupied by the Crustacea genus Eurydice Leach, 1815.[1][5] The type species is Eurydice cymosema (now known as H. falcata) by monotypy.[4]

Species[edit]

Species found in this genus include:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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: 182. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. ^ a b c "Homodotis Meyrick, 1885 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Homodotis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Homodotis Meyrick, 1885". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Edward Meyrick (1885). "Notes on the nomenclature of the New Zealand Geometrina". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 589. Wikidata Q109608428.