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Rhodesia alboviridata

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Rhodesia alboviridata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Rhodesia
Species:
R. alboviridata
Binomial name
Rhodesia alboviridata
(Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Comibaena alboviridata Saalmüller, 1880

Rhodesia alboviridata, the frosted emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern Africa and Madagascar.[1]

Known food plants of this species are Carissa edulis and Bauhinia variegata.[2]

References

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  • Saalmüller, M. (1880). "Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden". Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880: 258–310.
  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)". African Moths. Retrieved April 20, 2019.


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