Biology:Chaetolopha niphosticha
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Chaetolopha |
| Species: | C. niphosticha
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| Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner, 1907)[1]
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Chaetolopha niphosticha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Australia n states of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.[2]
Its wings are brown with three white sinuous lines across the forewings and a white dash near the apex. The hindwings are in the basal half, and darker in the marginal half.[3]
The larvae likely feed on the Polypodiophyta species.[3]
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner 1907)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82863520. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Schmidt, O. (2002). "A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov." (in en). Invertebrate Systematics 16 (5): 703–733. doi:10.1071/it01013. ISSN 1447-2600. https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/it01013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chaetolopha niphosticha". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/niphosticha.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q13461048 entry
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