Biology:Lophophelma erionoma

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Short description: Species of moth

Lophophelma erionoma
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Lophophelma erionoma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. erionoma
Binomial name
Lophophelma erionoma
(C. Swinhoe, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pachyodes erionoma C. Swinhoe, 1893
  • Terpna albicomitata L. B. Prout, 1927
  • Terpna furvirubens L. B. Prout, 1934
  • Terpna kiangsiensis Chu, 1981
  • Terpna subnubigosa L. B. Prout, 1927
  • Terpna erionoma imitaria Sterneck, 1928

Lophophelma erionoma is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan and Sichuan,[2] and in the north-eastern Himalayas and Sundaland.[3][4] The habitat consists of lower montane and upper montane forests.

Adults are reddish brown with a whitish area just distal to the posterior curvature of the forewing postmedial.[5]

Subspecies

  • Lophophelma erionoma erionoma (north-western Himalaya)
  • Lophophelma erionoma albicomitata (L. B. Prout, 1927) (Sundaland)
  • Lophophelma erionoma kiangsiensis (Chu, 1981) (China: Zhejiang, Jiangxi)
  • Lophophelma erionoma subnubigosa (L. B. Prout, 1927) (western China)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13536289 entry