Asaphodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885. This genus is endemic to New Zealand and species within this genus are found throughout New Zealand including the North, South and Stewart / Rakiura Islands.
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Asaphodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1885. This genus is endemic to New Zealand and species within this genus are found throughout New Zealand including the North, South and Stewart / Rakiura Islands.
== Taxonomy == This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 as a replacement name for the genus Thyone. Meyrick gave more detail in 1886 as well as in 1892. This genus was reinterpreted by John S. Dugdale in 1971. Dugdale stated that the species within this genus
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