Pasiphila suffusa

Pasiphila suffusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species was first described by George Hudson in 1928 using specimens collected by Morris N. Watt on Mount Taranaki and originally named Chloroclystis suffusa. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Hudson in 1928 using specimens collected by Morris N. Watt on Mount Taranaki and originally named Chloroclystis suffusa. In 1971 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Pasiphila. The male lectotype, collected by Watt at Mount Taranaki, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Description

Hudson described the adults of this species as follows:

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.