Calleremites

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Calleremites
Calleremites subornata imported from iNaturalist photo 100369783 on 3 December 2021.jpg
Male specimen from Phouvong, Attapu, Laos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Tribe: Pseudoterpnini
Genus: Calleremites
Warren, 1894
Species:
C. subornata
Binomial name
Calleremites subornata
Warren, 1894

Calleremites is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Calleremites subornata, is found in China, Sikkim in India and Myanmar. [1] Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1894 [2] and it has only been seen three times since then, the latest in a forest in northern Myanmar. [3]

Adults have grey and olive-green wings with fine striations particularly on the hindwings. [2] Warren stated the "expanse of wings" to be 64mm. [2]

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References

  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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Warren, William (1894). "New genera and species of Geometridae". Novitates zoologicae. Zoological Museum. 1: 385.
  3. Piper, Ross (2018). "The Spice of Life". BBC Wildlife. 36 (2): 33–5.