Lophophelma iterans

Lophophelma iterans is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1926. It is found in China (Guangxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan, Fujian, Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan, Shaanxi) and Taiwan.[3]

Lophophelma iterans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lophophelma
Species:
L. iterans
Binomial name
Lophophelma iterans
Synonyms
  • Pachyodes iterans (Prout, 1926)
  • Terpna iterans Prout, 1926
  • Terpna onerosus Inoue, 1970
  • Pachyodes iterans onerosus Inoue, 1992

The wingspan is 50–65 mm.[4]

Subspecies
  • Lophophelma iterans iterans (China: Hubei, Hunan, Gansu, Guangxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi)
  • Lophophelma iterans onerosus (Inoue, 1970) (Taiwan)
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References
  1. "Lophophelma iterans subsp. onerosus (Inoue, 1970)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. 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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. Catalogue of Life - China Node Archived 2013-04-07 at Archive.today
  4. "明線垂耳尺蛾 Pachyodes iterans onerosus (Inoue) 1970". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line]. December 9, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2019.


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