Lophophelma vigens

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Lophophelma vigens
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Lophophelma vigens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. vigens
Binomial name
Lophophelma vigens
(Butler, 1880) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma vigensButler, 1880
  • Terpna vigens
  • Terpna ruficolorariaWarren, 1897

Lophophelma vigens is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in the Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. [2] [3] The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests.

Adults have are rather uniform brown. [4]

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. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophophelma vigens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  3. ↑ Digital Moths of Asia Archived 2013-04-15 at Archive.today
  4. ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma vigens Butler comb. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.


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