Lipomelia

Lipomelia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Lipomelia subusta, which is found in India[2] and Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1893.

Lipomelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Lipomelia
Warren, 1893
Species:
L. subusta
Binomial name
Lipomelia subusta
Warren, 1893[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Defoa Swinhoe, 1893

Species:

  • Defoa ustata Swinhoe, 1893

References

  1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lipomelia subusta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.


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