Lophophelma vigens

Lophophelma vigens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species: L. vigens
Binomial name
Lophophelma vigens
(Butler, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma vigens Butler, 1880
  • Terpna vigens
  • Terpna ruficoloraria Warren, 1897

Lophophelma vigens is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Himalaya and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2][3] The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests.

Adults have are rather uniform brown.[4]

Subspecies

References

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  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


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