Chaetolopha niphosticha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chaetolopha
Species:
C. niphosticha
Binomial name
Chaetolopha niphosticha
(Turner, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scordylia niphosticha Turner, 1907

Chaetolopha niphosticha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Australian states of 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 likely feed on the Polypodiophyta species.[3]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Chaetolopha niphosticha.
  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chaetolopha niphosticha (Turner 1907)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Chaetolopha niphosticha". Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-27.


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