Camelopteryx

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Camelopteryx
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Camelopteryx

de Joannis, 1906
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C. multicolor
Binomial name
Camelopteryx multicolor
de Joannis, 1906

Camelopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. [1] Its only species, Camelopteryx multicolor, is found in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. [2] Both the genus and species were first described by Joseph de Joannis in 1906. [3]

It was described from two specimen of variable colour. The holotype is green, red and black with a wingspan of about 20 mm, while the other specimen did not show any green colouration. [4]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Camelopteryx". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Camelopteryx multicolor Joannis, 1906". Afromoths. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Camelopteryx multicolor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. de Joannis, J. (1906). "Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de l'île Maurice". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 75 (2): 169–183, pl. 9.