Biology:Prosomphax

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Short description: Genus of moths


Prosomphax
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Prosomphax

Warren, 1911
Type species
Prosomphax callista
Warren, 1911
Species

4, see text

Prosomphax is a very small genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). As of 2005, only four species had been described; all are found in the southern half of Africa. This little-studied genus belongs to the emerald moth subfamily (Geometrinae), but beyond that its relationships are still rather obscure.[1]

The species of Prosomphax are:[2]

  • Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911
  • Prosomphax deuterurga Prout, 1922
  • Prosomphax anomala (Warren, 1902)
  • Prosomphax horitropha Krüger, 2005

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)
  2. Krüger (2005)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7250681 entry