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Chlorodontopera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Chloropteryx, Eucyclodes, Comostola, Dindica, Maxates

Chlorodontopera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

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Description

Palpi oblique, second joint thickly scaled and reaching beyond the frons. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Wings with outer margin crenulate. Forewings with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12, and then with vein 10. Hindwings with produced margin to points at vein 4 and usually at vein 6.

Species

  • Chlorodontopera chalybeata (Moore, 1872)
  • References

    Chlorodontopera Wikipedia