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Prosomphax
Sign in to saveProsomphax is a very small genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). As of 2005, only four species had been described; all are found in the southern half of Africa. This little-studied genus belongs to the emerald moth subfamily (Geometrinae), but beyond that its relationships are still rather obscure.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
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- Prosomphax
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- Prosomphax callista
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Prosomphax is a very small genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). As of 2005, only four species had been described; all are found in the southern half of Africa. This little-studied genus belongs to the emerald moth subfamily (Geometrinae), but beyond that its relationships are still rather obscure.
The species of Prosomphax are: Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911 Prosomphax deuterurga Prout, 1922 Prosomphax anomala (Warren, 1902) Prosomphax horitropha Krüger, 2005
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