Palpoctenidia

Palpoctenidia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Asthenini
Genus:	Palpoctenidia; Prout, 1930
Species:	P. phoenicosoma
Binomial name
	Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma; (Swinhoe, 1895)
Synonyms
	Chrysocraspeda phoenicosoma Swinhoe, 1895;

Palpoctenidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1930. Its only species, Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma, was first described by Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in China, Japan and India.^[2]

Subspecies

Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma phoenicosoma (India, China)
Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma semilauta Prout, 1938 (Japan)

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Palpoctenidia Prout 1930". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.

External links

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Palpoctenidia Prout 1930". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[2] Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.

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