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Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Asaphodes
Species:	A. aphelias
Binomial name
*Asaphodes aphelias* (Prout, 1939)
Synonyms
Xanthorhoe aphelias Prout, 1939 Xanthorhoe helias obscura Philpott, 1921

Asaphodes aphelias is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The type specimen of this species was collected from Hump Ridge in Fiordland by Alfred Philpott. A. aphelias was first described by Philpott under the name Xanthorhoe helias obscura.

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A. aphelias male holotype
A. aphelias illustrated by George Hudson as Xanthorhoe obscura

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