Metallolophia arenaria

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Metallolophia arenaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Metallolophia
Species:
M. arenaria
Binomial name
Metallolophia arenaria
(Leech, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pachyodes arenariaLeech, 1889
  • Pachyodes arenaria
  • Pseudoterpna arenaria
  • Hypochroma danielariaOberthür, 1913

Metallolophia arenaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in China (Hunan, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan) and Taiwan. [2]

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.
  2. Catalogue of Life - China Node