Lophothorax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Pseudoterpnini |
Genus: | Lophothorax Turner, 1939 |
Species: | L. eremnopis |
Binomial name | |
Lophothorax eremnopis (Turner, 1922) | |
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Lophothorax is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Lophothorax eremnopis, which is found in Australia (South Australia and Western Australia). Both the genus and the species were first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner, the species in 1922 and the genus in 1939.
The larvae feed on Dodonaea bursariifolia . [1]
Absala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Absala dorcada, which is found in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam. Both the genus and species were first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893.
Calleremites is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Calleremites subornata, is found in China, Sikkim in India and Myanmar. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1894 and it has only been seen three times since then, the latest in a forest in northern Myanmar.
Cernia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Cernia amyclaria, is found in Australia. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1860.
Epipristis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888.
Gastrina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Gastrina cristaria, the wave-lined geometrid, is found in the south-eastern quarter of Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Gastrophora is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Gastrophora henricaria, the fallen bark looper or beautiful leaf moth, is found in the south-east corner of Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Heliomystis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Heliomystis electrica, the electric moth, is found in the southern half of Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.
Lipomelia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Lipomelia subusta, which is found in India and Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1893.
Mochlotona is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Mochlotona phasmatias, is known from Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1892.
Orthorisma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912. It consists of only one species, Orthorisma netunaria, first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Pachista is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912. It consists of only one species, Pachista superans, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878, which is found in China, Japan and Korea.
Paraterpna is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Paraterpna harrisoni, which is found in New South Wales, Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Gilbert M. Goldfinch in 1929
Pullichroma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996. Its only species, Pullichroma pullicosta, was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1931. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Sundadoxa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996. Its only species, Sundadoxa multidentata, was first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1916. It is found in Brunei, Sumatra in Indonesia, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia.
Herochroma baibarana is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is found in China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Herochroma viridaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Frederic Moore in 1867. It is found in Malaysia, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Nepal and the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi and Sichuan.
Herochroma sinapiaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gustave Arthur Poujade in 1895. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan and Xizang.
Herochroma ochreipicta is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1905. It is found in China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Nepal and northern Vietnam.
Pingasa chlora, the white looper moth or flower-eating caterpillar, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland, Australia.
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