Actenochroma

Actenochroma muscicoloraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Tribe:Pseudoterpnini
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 moths 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.

References

  1. ↑ Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Actenochroma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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