Biology:Zythos molybdina

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Zythos molybdina is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1938. It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Subspecies

  • Zythos molybdina molybdina
  • Zythos molybdina tombarensis (Prout, 1938) (New Britain)

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 molybdina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=217377. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13547740 entry