Biology:Camelopteryx
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Camelopteryx de Joannis, 1906
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| Species: | C. multicolor
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| Camelopteryx multicolor de Joannis, 1906
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Camelopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its only species, Camelopteryx multicolor, is found in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by Joseph de Joannis in 1906.[3]
It was described from two specimen of variable colour. The holotype is green, red and black with a wingspan of about 20 mm, while the other specimen did not show any green colouration.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Camelopteryx". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=217889.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Camelopteryx multicolor Joannis, 1906". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CAMEMULT. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Camelopteryx multicolor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=217890.
- ↑ de Joannis, J. (1906). "Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de l'île Maurice". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 75 (2): 169–183, pl. 9.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). Search results Family: Geometridae. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Geometridae&sort=GENUS.
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