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Pholodes
Genus of moths

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.

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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
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References

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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/

  4. Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 602.

  5. Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 603.