Blepharoctenucha

Genus of moths

Blepharoctenucha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Genus:
Blepharoctenucha

Warren, 1895
Species:
B. virescens
Binomial name
Blepharoctenucha virescens
Butler, 1880

Blepharoctenucha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895.[1] Its only species, Blepharoctenucha virescens, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880, is known from India and Taiwan.[2]

It has one subspecies, Blepharoctenucha virescens ssp. kawabei, described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1986.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha virescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha virescens ssp. kawabei​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
Taxon identifiers
Blepharoctenucha
Blepharoctenucha virescens


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