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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Lobophorini

Tribe Lobophorini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Works Cited
Lobophora .......maybe? - Lobophora Unknown Moth - Lobophora finely pectinate antennae, three-spotted fillip - Heterophleps triguttaria - male IMG_0287 - Aplocera plagiata moth in old-growth forest - Heterophleps triguttaria The Scribbler - Cladara atroliturata Heterophleps triguttaria? - Heterophleps triguttaria The Bad-Wing - Dyspteris abortivaria
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Larentiinae
Tribe Lobophorini
Explanation of Names
Lobophorini from type genus Lobophora (Curtis), from Greek meaning "having lobes", for the lobe-shaped winglets on the hindwings of the males. (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 April, 2005 - 12:03am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 July, 2014 - 10:48am

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