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Hypodoxa muscosaria

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Species of moth

Hypodoxa muscosaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hypodoxa
Species: H. muscosaria
Binomial name
Hypodoxa muscosaria
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma muscosaria Guenée, 1857
  • Hypochroma cetraria Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Hypochroma squamata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Hypodoxa muscosaria, the textured emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found along the east coast of Australia.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 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 25 April 2012.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 August 2017). "Hypodoxa muscosaria (Guenée, 1857) Textured Emerald". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Hypodoxa muscosaria


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