Helastia cinerearia

Helastia cinerearia
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Helastia
Species:	H. cinerearia
Binomial name
	Helastia cinerearia; (Doubleday, 1843)
Synonyms
	Cidaria cinerearia Doubleday, 1843; Cidaria adonata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Larentia diffusaria Walker, 1862; Helastia eupitheciaria Guenee, 1868; Larentia infusata Walker, 1862; Larentia inoperata Walker, 1862; Larentia invexata Walker, 1862; Xanthorhoe cinerearia(Doubleday, 1843);

Helastia cinerearia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonony

This species was first described by Doubleday in 1843 and named Cidaria cinerearia. In 1939 Louis Beethoven Prout placed this species in the genus Larentia.[2] In 1971 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Helastia.[3]

References

"Helastia cinerearia (Doubleday, 1843)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
Prout, L. B. (1939). "Geometridae: Fauna Indo-Australica". The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 12: 265 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
J. S. Dugdale (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 55–172. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.

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[1] "Helastia cinerearia (Doubleday, 1843)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[Prout1939-2] Prout, L. B. (1939). "Geometridae: Fauna Indo-Australica". The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 12: 265 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Dugdale1971-3] J. S. Dugdale (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 55–172. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.