| Metallolophia arenaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Metallolophia |
| Species: | M. arenaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Metallolophia arenaria | |
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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]
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek geo γεω, and metron μέτρον "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or "inchworms", appear to "measure the earth" as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.
The lime-speck pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa.
Epipristis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888.
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.
Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.
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 baba is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. It is found in China, north-eastern India, Nepal, northern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia.
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 supraviridaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1999. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Fujian and Guangxi and in Taiwan.
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.
Herochroma cristata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1905. It is found in China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand, northern Vietnam and Indonesia.
Pachyodes subtritus is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1914. It is found in China and Taiwan.
Scopula subpunctaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from northern and north-eastern China to the southern Palearctic realm.
Epipristis nelearia is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in China, India, the north-eastern Himalaya, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia.
Herochroma mansfieldi is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1939. It is found in Yunnan and Hubei, both in China.
Lophophelma costistrigaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Frederic Moore in 1868. It is found in Guangxi, China.
Pachyodes amplificata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in China.
Pingasa alba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Sichuan, and in Taiwan and Japan.
Pingasa pseudoterpnaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in China, Japan and India.
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