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Genus of moths

Mochlotona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Mochlotona
Meyrick, 1892
Species: M. phasmatias
Binomial name
Mochlotona phasmatias
Meyrick, 1892
Synonyms
  • Haploceros sphenotypa Turner, 1947

Mochlotona is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Mochlotona phasmatias, is known from Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1892.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Savela, Markku. "Mochlotona Meyrick, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Mochlotona
Mochlotona phasmatias


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