Homodotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[3][4] All the species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Genus: | Homodotis Meyrick, 1885[1] |
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Taxonomy
editThis genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as a replacement name for Eurydice Meyrick as that name was preoccupied by the Crustacea genus Eurydice Leach, 1815.[1][5] The type species is Eurydice cymosema (now known as H. falcata) by monotypy.[4]
Species
editSpecies found in this genus include:[2]
- Homodotis amblyterma (Meyrick, 1931)
- Homodotis falcata (Butler, 1879)
- Homodotis megaspilata (Walker, 1862)
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Homodotis.
- ^ a b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 182. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c "Homodotis Meyrick, 1885 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Homodotis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ a b Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Homodotis Meyrick, 1885". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (1885). "Notes on the nomenclature of the New Zealand Geometrina". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 589. Wikidata Q109608428.
