Lophophelma rubroviridata
| Lophophelma rubroviridata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Lophophelma |
| Species: | L. rubroviridata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophophelma rubroviridata (Warren, 1898)[1] | |
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Lophophelma rubroviridata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2][3] The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests.
Adults have pale ochreous brown wings, traversed by strongly defined, zig-zag black fasciae with a distinctive bluish tinge. The underside is pale yellowish buff with submarginal bands that are relatively even in width and run well clear of the margin.[4]
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- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Digital Moths of Asia
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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