Problepsis apollinaria
| Problepsis apollinaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Problepsis |
| Species: | P. apollinaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Problepsis apollinaria (Guenée, [1858])[1] | |
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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
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- ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ Australian Insects
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