Chaetolopha niphosticha

Chaetolopha niphosticha
Scientific classification
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 Australia (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 probably feed on Polypodiophyta species.[3]

References

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

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[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.

[:0-3] "Chaetolopha niphosticha". Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-27.