Chaetolopha niphosticha

Chaetolopha niphosticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chaetolopha
Species: C. niphosticha
Binomial name
Chaetolopha niphosticha
(Turner, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scordylia niphosticha Turner, 1907

Chaetolopha niphosticha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria).[2]

The wings are brown with three white sinuous lines across the forewings and a white dash near the apex. The hindwings are in the basal half, and darker in the marginal half.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Polypodiophyta species.

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.
  3. Australian Insects


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