Rhodesia alboviridata

Species of moth

Rhodesia alboviridata

Scientific classification
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.

Taxon identifiers

Rhodesia alboviridata|

* Wikidata: Q13540748
* AfroMoths: RHODALBO
* BOLD: 177517
* CoL: 796ZD
* EoL: 274380
* GBIF: 5149832
* iNaturalist: 687661
* IRMNG: 10619284
* LepIndex: 211426
* Open Tree of Life: 4279557

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