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    Problepsis apollinaria

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    Short description: Species of moth


    Problepsis apollinaria
    Problepsis apollinaria.jpg
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Geometridae
    Genus: Problepsis
    Species:
    P. apollinaria
    Binomial name
    Problepsis apollinaria
    (Guenée, [1858])[1]
    Synonyms
    • Argyris apollinaria Guenee, 1857

    Problepsis apollinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the India to New Guinea and Queensland.[2]

    Adult are white or pale yellow, with a round brown spot on each forewing, and silver markings continuing across the hindwings.[3]

    Subspecies

    • Problepsis apollinaria apollinaria
    • Problepsis apollinaria aphylacta Prout, 1938
    • Problepsis apollinaria candidior Prout, 1917
    • Problepsis apollinaria deparcata Prout, 1925
    • Problepsis apollinaria hemicyclata Warren, 1897
    • Problepsis apollinaria wilemani West, 1930

    References

    1. ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x. 
    2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
    3. ↑ Australian Insects

    Wikidata ☰ Q7246986 entry




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