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Problepsis apollinaria

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Problepsis apollinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Problepsis
Species:
P. apollinaria
Binomial name
Problepsis apollinaria
(Guenée, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Argyris apollinaria Guenee, 1857

Problepsis apollinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indian Subregion to New Guinea and Queensland.[2]

Adult are white or pale yellow, with a round brown spot on each forewing, and silver markings continuing across the hindwings.[3]

Subspecies

  • Problepsis apollinaria apollinaria
  • Problepsis apollinaria aphylacta Prout, 1938
  • Problepsis apollinaria candidior Prout, 1917
  • Problepsis apollinaria deparcata Prout, 1925
  • Problepsis apollinaria hemicyclata Warren, 1897
  • Problepsis apollinaria wilemani West, 1930

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. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ^ Australian Insects