Biology:Lophophelma vigens

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Short description: Species of moth

Lophophelma vigens
Lophophelma cf. vigens (Geometridae Geometrinae).jpg
Lophophelma vigens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. vigens
Binomial name
Lophophelma vigens
(Butler, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma vigens Butler, 1880
  • Terpna vigens
  • Terpna ruficoloraria Warren, 1897

Lophophelma vigens is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in the Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2][3] The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests.

Adults have are rather uniform brown.[4]

Subspecies

  • Lophophelma vigens vigens
  • Lophophelma vigens ruficoloraria (Warren, 1897)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6678491 entry