Biology:Dindicodes vigil

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Short description: Species of moth

Dindicodes vigil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dindicodes
Species:
D. vigil
Binomial name
Dindicodes vigil
(L. B. Prout, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terpna vigil Prout, 1926

"Dindicodes" vigil is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1926. It is found in Myanmar.[2]

Taxonomy

The species has a similar wing pattern to that of the species within the crocina group of the genus Dindicodes, but the very different male genitalia, and long, strong, diverging, socii, excludes the species from this genus. For now, the correct generic placement is unknown.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13536273 entry