Pasiphila Explained

Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.^[1]

Species

• Pasiphila acompsa
• Pasiphila aristias
• Pasiphila bilineolata
• Pasiphila charybdis
• Pasiphila chloerata - sloe pug
• Pasiphila coelica
• Pasiphila cotinaea
• Pasiphila debiliata
• Pasiphila derasata
• Pasiphila dryas
• Pasiphila erratica
• Pasiphila excisa
• Pasiphila fumipalpata
• Pasiphila furva
• Pasiphila halianthes
• Pasiphila heighwayi
• Pasiphila humilis
• Pasiphila hyrcanica^[1]
• Pasiphila kumakurai
• Pasiphila lita
• Pasiphila lunata
• Pasiphila magnimaculata
• Pasiphila malachita
• Pasiphila melochlora
• Pasiphila muscosata
• Pasiphila nebulosa
• Pasiphila obscura
• Pasiphila plinthina
• Pasiphila punicea
• Pasiphila rectangulata - green pug
• Pasiphila rivalis
• Pasiphila rubella
• Pasiphila sandycias
• Pasiphila semochlora
• Pasiphila socotrensis
• Pasiphila subcinctata
• Pasiphila suffusa
• Pasiphila urticae
• Pasiphila vieta

Taxonomy

Pasiphila was formerly treated as a synonym of Chloroclystis, as was Gymnodisca, which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of Pasiphila. Rhinoprora is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus Gymnodisca.

Furthermore, a number of species which were included in Pasiphila are now mostly placed in Pasiphilodes.

Notes and References

1. Viidalepp, J. and V. Mironov. (2005). Pasiphila hyrcanica sp. n.(Geometridae, Larentiinae) – a new species from Azerbaijan and Iran. Nota Lepidopterologica 28(3-4) 193-201.