Blepharoctenucha
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Blepharoctenucha

Warren, 1895
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B. virescens
Binomial name
Blepharoctenucha virescens
Butler, 1880

Blepharoctenucha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895.[1] Its only species, Blepharoctenucha virescens, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880, is known from India and Taiwan.[2]

It has one subspecies, Blepharoctenucha virescens ssp. kawabei, described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1986.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha virescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blepharoctenucha virescens ssp. kawabei". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2019.


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