Phelotis
Genus of moths
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Phelotis is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Guest in 1887. Its single species, Phelotis cognata, the long-fringed bark moth, first described by Francis Walker in 1860, is found in Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Phelotis Guest, 1887 |
| Species: | P. cognata |
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| Phelotis cognata (Walker, 1860) | |
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The wingspan is about 26 mm for males and about 30 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Exocarpus species, but is thought that it has other food plants too.[2]
