Palpoctenidia Explained

Palpoctenidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1930. Its only species, Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma, was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in China, Japan and India.^[1]

Subspecies

• Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma phoenicosoma (India, China)
• Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma semilauta Prout, 1938 (Japan)

External links

• 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. Xue . Dayong . Scoble . Malcolm J. . June 27, 2002 . A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) . Bulletin of the Natural History Museum . Entomology Series . 71 . 1 . 77–133 . 10.1017/S0968045402000044.