Hypochrosis binexata Walker is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypochrosis binexata Walker

Hypochrosis binexata Walker

Hypochrosis binexata is a geometrid moth first described in 1863, found across parts of Southeast Asia, whose larvae can be reared on cacao.

Family
Genus
Hypochrosis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypochrosis binexata Walker

Hypochrosis binexata is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Francis Walker in 1863. This species is known to occur in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Thailand. Researchers have successfully reared the larvae of this moth on Theobroma cacao.

Photo: (c) Pavel Kirillov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Hypochrosis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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