Achlora
Monotypic genus of geometer moths
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Achlora is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. The single species in the genus is Achlora cuprearia, described by the same author in the same year.
| Achlora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Achlora Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 |
| Species: | A. cuprearia |
| Binomial name | |
| Achlora cuprearia Guenée, 1857 | |
It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be a synonym of Entogonia.[1] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms considers it to be a valid genus.[2]