Chaetolopha leucophragma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chaetolopha
Species:
C. leucophragma
Binomial name
Chaetolopha leucophragma
(Meyrick, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scordylia leucophragma Meyrick, 1891

Chaetolopha leucophragma is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania).[2]

The wings are brown with three pale zigzag lines across the forewings and a white dash near the apex. The hindwings are paler brown with a dark zigzag line.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Polypodiophyta species.

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  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chaetolopha leucophragma (Meyrick 1891)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.
  3. ↑ Australian Insects


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