Lophophelma erionoma

Lophophelma erionoma
	Lophophelma erionoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Lophophelma
Species:	L. erionoma
Binomial name
	Lophophelma erionoma; (C. Swinhoe, 1893)
Synonyms
	Pachyodes erionomaC. Swinhoe, 1893; Terpna albicomitataL. B. Prout, 1927; Terpna furvirubensL. B. Prout, 1934; Terpna kiangsiensisChu, 1981; Terpna subnubigosaL. B. Prout, 1927; Terpna erionoma imitariaSterneck, 1928;

Last updated December 27, 2025

Lophophelma erionoma is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan and Sichuan,^[2] and in the north-eastern Himalayas and Sundaland.^[3]^[4] The habitat consists of lower montane and upper montane forests.^[5]

Subspecies

Lophophelma erionoma erionoma (north-western Himalaya)
Lophophelma erionoma albicomitata(L. B. Prout, 1927) (Sundaland)
Lophophelma erionoma kiangsiensis(Chu, 1981) (China: Zhejiang, Jiangxi)
Lophophelma erionoma subnubigosa(L. B. Prout, 1927) (western China)

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.
↑ Catalogue of Life - China Node Archived April 7, 2013, at archive.today
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophophelma erionoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
↑ "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑[An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2020.
↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. 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.

[2] Catalogue of Life - China Node Archived April 7, 2013, at archive.today

[3] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophophelma erionoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.

[4] "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑[An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2020.

[5] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

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