Pasiphila
Introduction '''''Pasiphila''''' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.
Species *''Pasiphila acompsa''*''Pasiphila aristias''*''Pasiphila bilineolata''*''Pasiphila charybdis''*''Pasiphila chloerata'' - sloe pug*''Pasiphila coelica''*''Pasiphila cotinaea''*''Pasiphila debiliata''*''Pasiphila derasata''*''Pasiphila dryas''*''Pasiphila erratica''*''Pasiphila excisa''*''Pasiphila fumipalpata''*''Pasiphila furva''*''Pasiphila halianthes''*''Pasiphila heighwayi''*''Pasiphila humilis''*''Pasiphila hyrcanica''*''Pasiphila kumakurai''*''Pasiphila lita''*''Pasiphila lunata''*''Pasiphila magnimaculata''*''Pasiphila malachita''*''Pasiphila melochlora''*''Pasiphila muscosata''*''Pasiphila nebulosa''*''Pasiphila obscura''*''Pasiphila plinthina''*''Pasiphila punicea''*''Pasiphila rectangulata'' - green pug*''Pasiphila rivalis''*''Pasiphila rubella''*''Pasiphila sandycias''*''Pasiphila semochlora''*''Pasiphila socotrensis''*''Pasiphila subcinctata''*''Pasiphila suffusa''*''Pasiphila urticae''*''Pasiphila vieta''
Taxonomy ''Pasiphila'' was formerly treated as a synonym of ''Chloroclystis'', as was ''Gymnodisca'', which is now mostly treated as a subgenus of ''Pasiphila''. ''Rhinoprora'' is sometimes treated as a synonym of subgenus ''Gymnodisca''.Furthermore, a number of species which were included in ''Pasiphila'' are now mostly placed in ''Pasiphilodes''.
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