Actenochroma

Actenochroma muscicoloraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Pseudoterpnini
Genus:	Actenochroma ; Warren, 1893
Species:	A. muscicoloraria
Binomial name
	Actenochroma muscicoloraria; (Walker, [1863])
Synonyms
	Hypochroma muscicolorariaWalker, [1863] 1862; Hypochroma sphagnataFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875;

Last updated December 27, 2025

Actenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.^[1]

Adults are fairly uniformly palish green, with wavy antemedial and dentate postmedial lines which are darker green, each forming a dark green spot on the costa of the forewing.

References

↑ Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.

Savela, Markku. "Actenochroma Warren, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

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[1] Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.

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