Melanthia

Short description: Genus of moths

Melanthia

Melanthia procellata
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

Class:  |

Insecta

Order:  |

Lepidoptera

Family:  |

Geometridae

Subfamily:  |

Larentiinae

Tribe:  |

Melanthiini

Genus:  |

Melanthia

Duponchel, 1829

Melanthia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

## Species

* Melanthia alaudaria (Freyer, 1846)
* Melanthia procellata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - pretty chalk carpet

## References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6811582 entry

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