Pholodes
Genus of moths
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Pholodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979, though several species were previously known. Its junior homonym is the anagrammatic Lophodes.[1]
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| Pholodes | |
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| Pholodes sinistraria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Pholodes D. S. Fletcher, 1979 |
Species
Some species of this genus are:[2][3]
- Pholodes atrifasciata (Warren, 1893)
- Pholodes australasiaria (Boisduval, 1832) (Australasia)
- Pholodes difformaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)
- Pholodes fuliginea (Hampson, 1895) (India) - initially known as Scotosia fuliginea[4]
- Pholodes indigna (Warren, 1899)
- Pholodes nigrescens (Warren, 1893) (India)
- Pholodes rufiplaga (Warren, 1899)
- Pholodes squamosa (Warren, 1896) (India)
- Pholodes sinistraria (Guenée, 1857) (Australia) - type species, initially known as Lophodes sinistraria[5]
