Scotocyma

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Scotocyma
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Scotocyma rutilimixta, holotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Genus: Scotocyma
Turner, 1904
Synonyms [1]
  • Paragramma Warren, 1905

Scotocyma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. All the species in this genus are found in Australia. [2]

Species

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scotocyma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Scotocyma Turner, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 September 2005). "Scotocyma rutilimixta Schmidt, 2005". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 May 2019.