Pullichroma

Pullichroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pullichroma
Holloway, 1996
Species: P. pullicosta
Binomial name
Pullichroma pullicosta
(Prout, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Actenochroma pullicosta Prout, 1931

Pullichroma is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Pullichroma pullicosta, which is found in Brunei, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra) and the Philippines.[1]

The wings are fairly uniformly straw-coloured with only a faint trace of olive-green and with a well-defined dark brown costa.

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

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