Austrocidaria haemophaea is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It endemic to New Zealand and is found on the Chatham Islands. Adults are on the wing in December and June.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1925 and originally named Hydriomena haemophaea. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under that name in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Louis Beethoven Prout discussed this species under the name Euphyia haemophaea.Prout, L.B. 1934-1939. Die Spanner des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Supplement zu Band 4: 289. In 1971 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Austrocidaria. The male holotype, collected at Whangamarino on Chatham Island by Stewart Lindsay, is held at the Canterbury Museum.
Description
Meyrick described the adult of this species as follows:
Distribution
A. haemophaea is endemic to New Zealand. It has been observed on the Chatham Islands including on Chatham Island and Pitt Island.
Hosts As at 1971 the larval host of this species is unknown.
Behaviour The adults of this species are on the wing in December and June.
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