Zythos aphrodite

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Zythos aphrodite
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Zythos
Species:
Z. aphrodite
Binomial name
Zythos aphrodite
(Prout, 1932) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nobilia aphroditeProut, 1932
  • Nobilia rookiProut, 1938

Zythos aphrodite is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932. It is found in New Guinea [2] and Australia. [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. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zythos aphrodite". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Zythos aphrodite (Prout, 1932)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2018.


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