Phrygionis
Genus of moths
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Phrygionis is a neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1][2]
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| Phrygionis | |
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| P. polita Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Palyadini |
| Genus: | Phrygionis Hübner, [1825] 1816 |
Phrygionis have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past. In most species, the forewing measures 16–18 mm (0.63–0.71 in) in length.[2]
Species
- Phrygionis argentata (Drury, 1773)
- Phrygionis auriferaria Hulst, 1887
- Phrygionis bicornis Scoble, 1994
- Phrygionis cruorata Warren, 1905
- Phrygionis ferreus Scoble, 1994
- Phrygionis flavilimes Warren 1907
- Phrygionis incolorata Prout, 1910
- Phrygionis ochrilineis Scoble, 1994
- Phrygionis paradoxata (Guenée, 1858)
- Phrygionis platinata (Guenee, 1857)
- Phrygionis polita (Cramer, 1780)
- Phrygionis privignaria (Guenee 1857)
- Phrygionis rawlinsi Scoble, 1994
- Phrygionis sumptuosaria (Moschler, 1886)[2]
