Biology:Actenochroma

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Short description: Monotypic genus of geometer moths


Actenochroma muscicoloraria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Pseudoterpnini
Genus: Actenochroma
Warren, 1893
Species:
A. muscicoloraria
Binomial name
Actenochroma muscicoloraria
(Walker, [1863])
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma muscicoloraria Walker, [1863] 1862
  • Hypochroma sphagnata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Actenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China , India , Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.[1]

Adults are fairly uniformly palish green, with wavy antemedial and dentate postmedial lines which are darker green, each forming a dark green spot on the costa of the forewing.

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 

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