Lophophelma vigens

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

Last updated December 27, 2025

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

Lophophelma vigens vigens
Lophophelma vigens ruficoloraria(Warren, 1897)

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.
↑ 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.
↑ Digital Moths of Asia Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today
↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma vigens Butler comb. rev". 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] 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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