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Helastia scissa
Helastia scissa is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed only in the Marlborough region of the South Island. Adults are on the wing in February, are nocturnal and are attracted to light.
From the article Helastia scissa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Craw described this species as follows:
Medium sized (r.f.l. 11.5-12.7 mm) triangular forewing. Upper- side forewing coloration and pattern dark brown with obscure wavy transverse lines. Male antennae bipectinated. Craw goes on to distinguish this species from H. corcularia, H. semisignata, H. salmoni and H. ohauensis as a result of the differences of shape of both the male and female genitalia.
Range & habitat
H. scissa is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the South Island and has only been observed in Marlborough.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Adults of this species have been observed on the wing in February. They are nocturnal and are attracted to light.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 390330.