Chaetolopha emporias

Chaetolopha emporias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chaetolopha
Species: C. emporias
Binomial name
Chaetolopha emporias
(Turner, 1904)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Scordylia emporias Turner, 1904
  • Scordylia pteridophila Turner, 1907
  • Scotocyma pteridophila

Chaetolopha emporias is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Australia, including Queensland and Tasmania.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adult have brown wings, with a pale spot in a dark mark near the apex, and broad light and dark bands across each forewing. The hindwings are uniform pale brown.[3]

The larvae are thought to feed on various Polypodiophyta species.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
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