Actenochroma

Actenochroma muscicoloraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Actenochroma
Warren, 1893
Species: A. muscicoloraria
Binomial name
Actenochroma muscicoloraria
(Walker, [1863])
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma muscicoloraria Walker, [1863] 1862
  • Hypochroma sphagnata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Actenochroma is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.[1]

Adults are fairly uniformly palish green, with wavy antemedial and dentate postmedial lines which are darker green, each forming a dark green spot on the costa of the forewing.

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