Chaetolopha oxyntis

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Chaetolopha oxyntis
Chaetolopha oxyntis. Triangle Forest Carpet. LARENTIINAE , GEOMETRIDAE - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chaetolopha
Species:
C. oxyntis
Binomial name
Chaetolopha oxyntis
(Meyrick, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Scordylia oxyntisMeyrick, 1891

Chaetolopha oxyntis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria). [2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The wings are pale brown with a dark brown triangle outlined in white on the forewings. [3]

The larvae probably feed on Polypodiophyta species.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chaetolopha oxyntis (Meyrick 1891)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.
  3. Australian Insects