Chaetolopha niphosticha
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Chaetolopha niphosticha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria).[2]
Its 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.[3]
References
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner 1907)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Schmidt, O. (2002). "A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov". Invertebrate Systematics. 16 (5): 703–733. doi:10.1071/it01013. ISSN 1447-2600.
- ^ a b "Chaetolopha niphosticha". Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
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