Pholodes

Pholodes
Pholodes sinistraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Pholodes D. S. Fletcher, 1979

Pholodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979, though several species were previously known. Its junior homonym is the anagrammatic Lophodes. ^[1]

Species

Some species of this genus are: ^{[2] [3]}

• Pholodes atrifasciata (Warren, 1893)
• Pholodes australasiaria (Boisduval, 1832) (Australasia)
• Pholodes difformaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)
• Pholodes fuliginea (Hampson, 1895) (India) - initially known as Scotosia fuliginea ^[4]
• Pholodes indigna (Warren, 1899)
• Pholodes nigrescens (Warren, 1893) (India)
• Pholodes rufiplaga (Warren, 1899)
• Pholodes squamosa (Warren, 1896) (India)
• Pholodes sinistraria (Guenée, 1857) (Australia) - type species, initially known as Lophodes sinistraria ^[5]

References

1. Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Lophodes". Natural History Museum (London). doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved 21 July 2018.
2. Gunathilagaraj Kandasamy (2016). Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number.docx. - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
3. Savela, Markku. "Pholodes Fletcher, 1979". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
4. Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 602.
5. Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 603.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.