Celonoptera

Genus of moths

Celonoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Celonoptera
Lederer, 1862
Species:
C. mirificaria
Binomial name
Celonoptera mirificaria
Lederer, 1862
Synonyms[1][2]

Generic

  • Sparta Staudinger, 1862

Specific

  • Sparta paradoxaria Staudinger, 1862

Celonoptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Celonoptera mirificaria, is found in south-eastern Europe. Both the genus and species were first described by Julius Lederer in 1862.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera mirificaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Celonoptera Lederer, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera mirificaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
Taxon identifiers
Celonoptera


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