Dasyuris catadees is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1939. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Tasman District, in Fiordland and in Southland. This species inhabits the high alpine zone and adults have been collected in January and March. Larvae feed on Aciphylla.
Taxonomy This species was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1939.Prout, L.B. 1939: Geometridae: Fauna Indo-Australica. In: Die Grossschmetterlinge des Indo-australischen Faunengebietes. Vol. 12. Band, Die indoaustralischen Spanner. Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde:The Macrolepidoptera of the World, a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera 237-292. This male holotype specimen, collected by George Hudson at Mount Peel in the Kahurangi National Park, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.
Description Prout described this species as follows:
This species is similar in appearance to D. partheniata.
Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand. Other than its type locality in the Nelson/Tasman Region, this species has also been observed in the Homer area, the Hump Ridge Track, the Hunter Mountains and the Murchison Mountains, all in Fiordland, as well as the Takitimu Mountains in Southland.
Habitat and host species This species inhabits the high alpine zone. The larval plant hosts for this species are in the genus Aciphylla.
Behaviour Adults of this species are day flying and have been collected in January and March.
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