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Lophophelma vigens

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Species of moth

Lophophelma vigens
Lophophelma vigens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species: L. vigens
Binomial name
Lophophelma vigens
(Butler, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma vigens Butler, 1880
  • Terpna vigens
  • Terpna ruficoloraria Warren, 1897

Lophophelma vigens is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in the Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. The habitat consists of lower and upper montane forests.

Adults have are rather uniform brown.

Subspecies

  • Lophophelma vigens vigens
  • Lophophelma vigens ruficoloraria (Warren, 1897)

References

  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.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lophophelma vigens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. Digital Moths of Asia Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today
  4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lophophelma vigens Butler comb. rev". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Terpna vigens


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