Coenotephria Explained

Coenotephria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae (Geometer moths) described by Prout in 1914. Its species are primarily found in Europe and Asia.^[1]

Selected species

• Coenotephria ablutaria (Boisduval, 1840)
• Coenotephria achromaria (De la Harpe, 1853)
• Coenotephria adela (Butler, 1893)
• Coenotephria albicoma (Inoue, 1954)
• Coenotephria aleucidia (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria ambustaria (Leech, 1897)
• Coenotephria anomala (Inoue, 1954)
• Coenotephria apotoma (Turner, 1907)
• Coenotephria approximata (Staudinger, 1892)
• Coenotephria assimilata (Walker, 1862)
• Coenotephria avilaria (Reisser, 1936)
• Coenotephria bellissima (Butler, 1893)
• Coenotephria brevifasciata (Warren, 1888) (from India)
• Coenotephria caesaria (Constant, 1893)
• Coenotephria ceres (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria championi (Prout, 1926) (from India)
• Coenotephria corticalis (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria cylon (Druce, 1893)
• Coenotephria cynthia (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria decipiens (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria detritata (Staudinger, 1898
• Coenotephria diana (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria dubia (Butler, 1882)
• Coenotephria flavistrigata (Warren, 1888) (from India)
• Coenotephria homophana (Hampson, 1895) (from India)
• Coenotephria homophoeta Prout, 1926 (from India)
• Coenotephria salicata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - striped twin-spot carpet^[2]
• Coenotephria tophaceata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

References

• Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016). "Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number". Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Geometridae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Book: Tentarelli, Eric . A Guide to Insects . 2012 . Blackwell . 565.
2. Book: Tentarelli, Eric . A Guide to Insects . 2012 . Blackwell . 566.