Biology:Zythos aphrodite

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Short description: Species of moth

Zythos aphrodite
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Zythos
Species:
Z. aphrodite
Binomial name
Zythos aphrodite
(Prout, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nobilia aphrodite Prout, 1932
  • Nobilia rooki Prout, 1938

Zythos aphrodite is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932. It is found in New Guinea[2] and Australia .[3]

Subspecies

  • Zythos aphrodite aphrodite
  • Zythos aphrodite rooki (Prout, 1938) (Rook Island)

References

  1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x. 
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Zythos aphrodite". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=217370. 
  3. Savela, Markku. "Zythos aphrodite (Prout, 1932)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/sterrhinae/zythos/#aphrodite. 

Wikidata ☰ Q8075958 entry