Biology:Hypodoxa muscosaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Hypodoxa muscosaria
Hypodoxa muscosaria.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hypodoxa
Species:
H. muscosaria
Binomial name
Hypodoxa muscosaria
(Guenée, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma muscosaria Guenée, 1857
  • Hypochroma cetraria Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Hypochroma squamata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Hypodoxa muscosaria, the textured emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found along the east coast of Australia .

The wingspan is about 40 mm.[2]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (6 August 2017). "Hypodoxa muscosaria (Guenée, 1857) Textured Emerald". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/muscosaria.html. Retrieved 17 April 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3020394 entry