Dichromodes sphaeriata


Dichromodes sphaeriata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 using a specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and originally named this species Cidaria sphaeriata. In 1892 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Dichromodes petrina. Prout synonymised this name in 1912. The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.