Lophophelma luteipes

Lophophelma luteipes is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in China, the north-eastern Himalayas and Sundaland.[2][3] The habitat consists of montane areas.

Lophophelma luteipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Lophophelma
Species:	L. luteipes
Binomial name
Lophophelma luteipes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
Pachyodes luteipes Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Terpna luteipes Pingasa similis Moore, 1888 Terpna enthusiastes Prout, 1927

Adults have white wings, very lightly striated and fasciated with black and brown.[4]

Subspecies

• Lophophelma luteipes luteipes
• Lophophelma luteipes enthusiastes (Prout, 1927)

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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophophelma luteipes". 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 luteipes Felder & Rogenhofer comb. n". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 17, 2019.