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Lophophelma erionoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lophophelma

Lophophelma erionoma is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan, Sichuan), the north-eastern Himalaya and Sundaland. The habitat consists of lower montane and upper montane forests.

Adults are reddish brown with a whitish area just distal to the posterior curvature of the forewing postmedial.

Subspecies

  • Lophophelma erionoma erionoma (north-western Himalaya)
  • Lophophelma erionoma albicomitata (Prout, 1927) (Sundaland)
  • Lophophelma erionoma kiangsiensis (Chu, 1981) (China: Zhejiang, Jiangxi)
  • Lophophelma erionoma subnubigosa (Prout, 1927) (western China)

    • References

    Lophophelma erionoma Wikipedia
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