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Genus of moths

Lipomelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Lipomelia
Warren, 1893
Species: L. subusta
Binomial name
Lipomelia subusta
Warren, 1893
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Defoa Swinhoe, 1893

Species:

  • Defoa ustata Swinhoe, 1893

Lipomelia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Lipomelia subusta, which is found in India and Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1893.

References

  1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lipomelia subusta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

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Taxon identifiers
Lipomelia
Lipomelia subusta


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