Lophophelma erionoma is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan and Sichuan,[2] and in the north-eastern Himalayas and Sundaland.[3][4] The habitat consists of lower montane and upper montane forests.[5]

Lophophelma erionoma
Lophophelma erionoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. erionoma
Binomial name
Lophophelma erionoma
Synonyms
  • Pachyodes erionoma C. Swinhoe, 1893
  • Terpna albicomitata L. B. Prout, 1927
  • Terpna furvirubens L. B. Prout, 1934
  • Terpna kiangsiensis Chu, 1981
  • Terpna subnubigosa L. B. Prout, 1927
  • Terpna erionoma imitaria Sterneck, 1928

Subspecies

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  • Lophophelma erionoma erionoma (north-western Himalaya)
  • Lophophelma erionoma albicomitata (L. B. Prout, 1927) (Sundaland)
  • Lophophelma erionoma kiangsiensis (Chu, 1981) (China: Zhejiang, Jiangxi)
  • Lophophelma erionoma subnubigosa (L. B. Prout, 1927) (western China)

References

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  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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Catalogue of Life - China Node Archived April 7, 2013, at archive.today
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lophophelma erionoma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  4. ^ "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.