Biology:Euchristophia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Euchristophia
Euchristophia cumulata meridionalis.jpg
Euchristophia cumulata meridionalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Euchristophia
D. S. Fletcher, 1979
Species:
E. cumulata
Binomial name
Euchristophia cumulata
(Christoph, 1880)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Pogonitis Christoph, 1881

Species:

  • Pogonitis cumulata Christoph, 1881
  • Pogonitis sinobia Wehrli, 1939

Euchristophia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979. It contains only one species, Euchristophia cumulata, described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1880, which is found in Taiwan, Japan and the Russian Far East.[1]

The wingspan is 21–25 mm.[2]

Subspecies

  • Euchristophia cumulata cumulata (Japan)
  • Euchristophia cumulata meridionalis Inoue, 1986 (Taiwan)
  • Euchristophia cumulata sinobia (Wehrli, 1939)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5405934 entry