Chlorissa

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Chlorissa
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Chlorissa cloraria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Hemitheini
Genus: Chlorissa
Stephens, 1831
Synonyms
  • PhaiogrammaGumppenberg, 1887
  • AoshakunaMatsumura, 1925

Chlorissa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by James Francis Stephens in 1831.

Species

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