Sundadoxa

Sundadoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Sundadoxa
Holloway, 1996
Species: S. multidentata
Binomial name
Sundadoxa multidentata
(Prout, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypodoxa multidentata Prout, 1916

Sundadoxa is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Sundadoxa multidentata, which is found in Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra) and Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak).

The wings have large areas of pale whitish grey or cream, with dark speckles and often suffused with olive-green, and mid to dark brown or grey mottled patches.

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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