Riccarton Bush is in the city of Christchurch in the suburb of Riccarton, New Zealand. The bush is a small remnant () of lowland kahikatea floodplain forest on the Canterbury Plains. It has played an important part in the history of entomology in New Zealand with many famous entomologists studying the insects and spiders found there. The order of Lepidoptera has been well studied; of the families found in New Zealand 70% have been collected in the bush.
The majority of families that make up the order of Lepidoptera are moths. This page provides a link to individual species that have been collected from Riccarton Bush.
Geometridae Asaphodes aegrota Butler, 1879 Austrocidaria similata Walker, 1862 Chalastra ochrea Howes, 1911 Chloroclystis filata (filata moth) Guenee, 1857 Declana floccosa (forest semilooper) Walker, 1858 Declana niveata Butler, 1879 Epiphryne undosata C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Epiphryne verriculata (cabbage tree moth) C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Gellonia dejectaria (brown evening moth) Walker, 1860 Helastia cinerearia Doubleday in White and Doubleday, 1843 Homodotis megaspilata Walker, 1862 Orthoclydon praefectata (Walker, 1861) Pseudocoremia fenerata C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Pseudocoremia suavis (common forest looper) Butler, 1879 Sestra humeraria Walker, 1861 Xanthorhoe semifissata Walker, 1862 Xyridacma alectoraria Walker, 1860 Xyridacma ustaria Walker, 1863
References