Pasiphila
Genus of moths
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Pasiphila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.[2] Meyrick gave a more detailed description of this genus in 1884.[3] As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.[4][5]
| Pasiphila | |
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| Pasiphila bilineolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Eupitheciini |
| Genus: | Pasiphila Meyrick, 1883[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pasiphila bilineolata | |
| Synonyms | |
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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[4]
- 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.
