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.New Zealand Organisms Register Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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.
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