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Genus of moths

Palleopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Palleopa
Walker, 1866
Species: P. innotata
Binomial name
Palleopa innotata
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Nyctilampes Goldfinch, 1944
  • Specific
    • Nyctilampes funerea Goldfinch, 1944

Palleopa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Palleopa innotata, the finely-streaked crest-moth, is known from Australia, including Tasmania. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1866.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Savela, Markku. "Palleopa Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Palleopa
Palleopa innotata


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