Lophophelma erionoma

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Lophophelma erionoma
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Lophophelma erionoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. erionoma
Binomial name
Lophophelma erionoma
(C. Swinhoe, 1893) [1]
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

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.

Adults are reddish brown with a whitish area just distal to the posterior curvature of the forewing postmedial. [5]

Subspecies

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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. 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.