Zythos turbata

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Zythos turbata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Zythos
Species:
Z. turbata
Binomial name
Zythos turbata
(Walker, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Nobilia turbataWalker, 1862
  • Plutodes strigulariaSnellen, 1886

Zythos turbata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in southern Myanmar and on Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines (Mindanao, Mindoro, Palawan, Tawi-Tawi Island). [2]

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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. Katsumi, Yazaki (March 1996). "The genus Zythos (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Wallacea". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (1): 49–56 via J-STAGE.