Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
Details
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852: 437
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
Biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
First NZ record: 1 ♂, ND: Houhora 14 Feb 2004, NH (NHNZ). Also 2, ND: Henderson Bay, Dec 2004 (NHNZ), indicating establishment; subsequently recorded widely in Northland in 2006-2007 (Te Paki (Spirits Bay Rd), Herekino Forest, Karikari Peninsula, Trounson Kauri Park (NZAC)). First AK record: Tiritiri Matangi Island, 28 Oct 2006 (NHNZ), thereafter common in the Auckland district. Now widespread on the Coromandel Peninsula CL (specimens in NZAC).
Pantydia sparsa has rapidly become one of the commonest noctuoid moths in northern NZ.
Nomenclature
Guenee
Guenee
1852
437
ICZN
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
species
Pantydia sparsa
Classification
Taxonomic concepts
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
Pantydia sparsa Guenee
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
Pantydia sparsa Guenee
Pantydia sparsa Guenee, 1852
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Metadata
3feb8f46-f88d-4c9d-88a7-041475c0f1e4
scientific name
Names_NZAC
8 March 2011
10 May 2019