Palpoctenidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1930. Its only species, Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma, was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in China, Japan and India.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Asthenini |
| Genus: | Palpoctenidia Prout, 1930 |
| Species: | P. phoenicosoma
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Subspecies edit
- Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma phoenicosoma (India, China)
- Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma semilauta Prout, 1938 (Japan)
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Palpoctenidia Prout 1930". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.
External links edit
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- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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