Biology:Palleopa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Palleopa
Palleopa innotata.jpg
Palleopa innotata1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Palleopa
Walker, 1866
Species:
P. innotata
Binomial name
Palleopa innotata
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Nyctilampes Goldfinch, 1944
  • Specific
    • Nyctilampes funerea Goldfinch, 1944

Palleopa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Palleopa innotata, the finely-streaked crest-moth, is known from Australia , including Tasmania. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1]

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