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.
Species
Some species of this genus are:23
- Pholodes atrifasciata (Warren, 1893)
- Pholodes australasiaria (Boisduval, 1832) (Australasia)
- Pholodes difformaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858)
- Pholodes fuliginea (Hampson, 1895) (India) - initially known as Scotosia fuliginea4
- 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 sinistraria5
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
References
Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Lophodes". Natural History Museum (London). doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 21 July 2018. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=16396.0 ↩
Gunathilagaraj Kandasamy (2016). Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number.docx. - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295907994_Checklist_of_Indian_Geometridae ↩
Savela, Markku. "Pholodes Fletcher, 1979". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2018. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/pholodes/ ↩
Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 602. ↩
Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 603. ↩