Lophophelma luteipes

Lophophelma luteipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species: L. luteipes
Binomial name
Lophophelma luteipes
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pachyodes luteipes Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Terpna luteipes
  • Pingasa similis Moore, 1888
  • Terpna enthusiastes Prout, 1927

Lophophelma luteipes is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China, the north-eastern Himalaya and Sundaland.[2][3] The habitat consists of montane areas.

Adults have white wings, very lightly striated and fasciated with black and brown.[4]

Subspecies

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lophophelma luteipes.
Wikispecies has information related to: Lophophelma luteipes
  1. 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
  2. LepIndex
  3. Digital Moths of Asia
  4. The Moths of Borneo


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, August 15, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.