Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma (Swinhoe, 1895) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma (Swinhoe, 1895)

Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma (Swinhoe, 1895)

Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma is the only species in the monotypic geometrid moth genus Palpoctenidia, found in China, Japan, and India.

Family
Genus
Palpoctenidia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma (Swinhoe, 1895)

Palpoctenidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae, which was described by Prout in 1930. The genus contains only one species: Palpoctenidia phoenicosoma, which was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. This species can be found in China, Japan, and India.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Palpoctenidia

More from Geometridae

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

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