Palpoctenidia

Palpoctenidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Asthenini
Genus: Palpoctenidia
Prout, 1930
Species:
P. phoenicosoma
Binomial name
Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma
(Swinhoe, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysocraspeda phoenicosoma Swinhoe, 1895

Palpoctenidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1930. Its only species, Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma, was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in China, Japan and India.[2]

Subspecies

  • Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma phoenicosoma (India, China)
  • Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma semilauta Prout, 1938 (Japan)

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Palpoctenidia Prout 1930". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.
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