Problepsis apollinaria

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Problepsis apollinaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Problepsis
Species:
P. apollinaria
Binomial name
Problepsis apollinaria
(Guenée, [1858]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Argyris apollinariaGuenee, 1857

Problepsis apollinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indian Subregion to New Guinea and Queensland. [2]

Adult are white or pale yellow, with a round brown spot on each forewing, and silver markings continuing across the hindwings. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ↑ Australian Insects


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