Biology:Phrygionis

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Phrygionis
Geometrid moth (Phrygionis polita).jpg
P. polita
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
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Phrygionis

Hübner, [1825] 1816

Phrygionis is a neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1][2]

Phrygionis have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past. In most species, the forewing measures 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in) in length.[2]

Species

  • Phrygionis argentata (Drury, 1773)
  • Phrygionis auriferaria Hulst, 1887
  • Phrygionis bicornis Scoble, 1994
  • Phrygionis cruorata Warren, 1905
  • Phrygionis ferreus Scoble, 1994
  • Phrygionis flavilimes Warren 1907
  • Phrygionis incolorata Prout, 1910
  • Phrygionis ochrilineis Scoble, 1994
  • Phrygionis paradoxata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Phrygionis platinata (Guenee, 1857)
  • Phrygionis polita (Cramer, 1780)
  • Phrygionis privignaria (Guenee 1857)
  • Phrygionis rawlinsi Scoble, 1994
  • Phrygionis sumptuosaria (Moschler, 1886)[2]

References

  1. "Phrygionis". Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=22940.0. Retrieved 1 December 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scoble, M. J. (1994). "A taxonomic revision of the genera Phrygionis Hübner and Pityeja Walker (Geometridae: Ennominae, Palyadini)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 111 (2): 99–160. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01480.x. 

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