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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 |
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Homodotis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885. All the species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This 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. The type species is Eurydice cymosema (now known as H. falcata) by monotypy.
Species
Species found in this genus include:
- Homodotis amblyterma (Meyrick, 1931)
- Homodotis falcata (Butler, 1879)
- Homodotis megaspilata (Walker, 1862)
References
- ^ Dugdale , J. S. (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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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