Problepsis apollinaria

Short description: Species of moth

Problepsis apollinaria

Scientific classification
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

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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

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