Actenochroma Explained

Actenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.^[1]

Adults are fairly uniformly palish green, with wavy antemedial and dentate postmedial lines which are darker green, each forming a dark green spot on the costa of the forewing.

References

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Actenochroma Warren, 1893 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 17, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Linda M. . Pitkin . Hongxiang . Han . Shayleen . James . June 11, 2007 . Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 150 . 2 . 334–412 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082610/http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf . April 25, 2012 . usurped. free .