Chaetolopha leucophragma

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

Chaetolopha leucophragma
Scientific classification
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

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.

References
  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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