Xylinophylla hypocausta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Xylinophylla |
Species: | X. hypocausta |
Binomial name | |
Xylinophylla hypocausta (Warren, 1897) | |
Synonyms | |
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Xylinophylla hypocausta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.
The species has been treated as a subspecies of Xylinophylla maculata for some time.
The larvae feed on Aleurites moluccanus .
Though small in absolute diversity of genera, the Hemitheini are nonetheless the largest tribes of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. Like most Geometrinae, they are small greenish "emerald moths". The tribe was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846.
Comostola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888. They are found primarily in Asia and Australia.
Herochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893.
Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Idiochlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Warren in 1896.
Myrioblephara is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1893.
Necyopa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1861.
Ornithospila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894.
Ozola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.
Sauris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Symmacra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1896. Its only species, Symmacra solidaria, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Borneo east to Fiji, Samoa and Australia.
Xylinophylla is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1898.
Yashmakia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1901.
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.
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Abaciscus paucisignata is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Warren in 1899. It is known from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Chloroclystis rubroviridis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Warren in 1896. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Burma, Taiwan and on Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Java. The habitat consists of upper montane areas.
Rhodostrophiini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 200 species in 17 genera and five genera tentatively associated with the tribe.
Hypochrosis hyadaria is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae described by Achille Guenée in 1857. The species has a wide range from India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia.
Agathia obsoleta is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1897. It is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. A. obsoleta is a rare species of lowland forests, including heath forest.