Chaetolopha niphosticha

Chaetolopha niphosticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Chaetolopha
Species:	C. niphosticha
Binomial name
	Chaetolopha niphosticha; (Turner, 1907)
Synonyms
	Scordylia niphosticha Turner, 1907;

Chaetolopha niphosticha is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria).^[2]

The wings are brown with three white sinuous lines across the forewings and a white dash near the apex. The hindwings are in the basal half, and darker in the marginal half.^[3]

The larvae probably feed on Polypodiophyta species.

References

^ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.
^ Australian Insects

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[1] "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov.

[3] Australian Insects

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