Allochrostes biornata

Ornate emerald
In South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Allochrostes
Species: A. biornata
Binomial name
Allochrostes biornata
Prout, 1913

Allochrostes biornata, the ornate emerald, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is native to the Afrotropics, and has been recorded in the DRC, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.[1]

References

  1. Goff, R. "Allochrostes biornata Prout L.B, 1913". African Moths. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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