Melanchroia

Short description: Genus of moths

Melanchroia

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Geometridae

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Melanchroia

Hübner, [1819]

Melanchroia is a genus of moths in the family of diurnal neotropical moths, Geometridae, and subfamily Ennominae. The genus was proposed by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its species can be found from the southeastern United States[1] to Argentina.[2]

## Species

* Melanchroia aterea
* Melanchroia carbonaria
* Melanchroia chephise
* Melanchroia geometroides
* Melanchroia regnatrix
* Melanchroia tepens
* Melanchroia vazquezae
* Melanchroia venata

## References

1. ↑ "White-tipped Black, Melanchroia chephise (Stoll, 1782)". October 22, 2009. http://texasento.net/Melanchroia.htm. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
2. ↑ "Melanchroia aterea" (in Spanish). EcoRegistros.org. http://www.ecoregistros.org/ficha/Melanchroia-aterea. Retrieved April 17, 2017.

* Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Geometridae&sort=GENUS.

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