Biology:Acalyphes
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Short description: Monotypic genus of geometer moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Archiearinae |
| Genus: | Acalyphes Turner, 1926 |
| Species: | A. philorites
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| Binomial name | |
| Acalyphes philorites Turner, 1926
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Acalyphes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its single species, Acalyphes philorites, is found in Australia, where it feeds on pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides).[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1926
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acalyphes Turner, 1926". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/archiearinae/acalyphes/. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (23 March 2012). "Acalyphes philorites Turner, 1926". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/arch/philorites.html. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
External links
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