Pholodes
Sign in to savePholodes 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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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.
==Species== Some species of this genus are: Pholodes atrifasciata (Warren, 1893) Pholodes australasiaria (Boisduval, 1832) (Australasia) Pholodes difformaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1858) Pholodes fuliginea (Hampson, 1895) (India) - initially known as Scotosia fuliginea 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 sinistraria
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