Aeolochroma hypochromaria

Aeolochroma hypochromaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Australia (New South Wales and Queensland) and New Caledonia.[2]

Aeolochroma hypochromaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Aeolochroma
Species:
A. hypochromaria
Binomial name
Aeolochroma hypochromaria
(Guenée, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Cleora hypochromaria Guenée, [1858]
  • Pseudoterpna bryophanes Turner, 1904

Adults have a complex brown and dark green pattern.[3]

Subspecies

  • Aeolochroma hypochromaria hypochromaria (Australia)
  • Aeolochroma hypochromaria caledonica Holloway, 1979 (New Caledonia)

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aeolochroma hypochromaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 March 2019). "Aeolochroma hypochromaria (Guenée, 1857)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 April 2019.


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