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Melanchroia
Sign in to saveMelanchroia is a genus of moths in the family of diurnal neotropical moths, Geometridae, and subfamily Ennominae. The genus was proposed by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its species can be found from the southeastern United States to Argentina.
Species
White-tipped Black
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, MHNCA, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), FMNH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Perú
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- White Tipped Black (Melanchroia chephise) (306331197).jpg
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Melanchroia is a genus of moths in the family of diurnal neotropical moths, Geometridae, and subfamily Ennominae. The genus was proposed by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its species can be found from the southeastern United States to Argentina.
== Species == Melanchroia aterea Melanchroia carbonaria Melanchroia chephise Melanchroia geometroides Melanchroia regnatrix Melanchroia tepens Melanchroia vazquezae Melanchroia venata
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