Triphosa
Sign in to saveTriphosa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, subfamily Larentiinae. The genus was first described by Stephens in 1829. The larvae or caterpillars are commonly called meters, hence the name of the family. These species in Colombia are little known and studied, in addition to the inclusion of its high rate of species.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Triphosa, and connects out to Geometridae, Animalia and insect.
It sits within the topics Rheumapterini, Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikipedia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Aurevilius, 1910. Pl.2-24-Triphosa tritocelidata.JPG
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- taxon name
- Triphosa
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Triphosa
- Commons category
- Triphosa
- taxon common name
- Tissue Moths
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Triphosa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, subfamily Larentiinae. The genus was first described by Stephens in 1829. The larvae or caterpillars are commonly called meters, hence the name of the family. These species in Colombia are little known and studied, in addition to the inclusion of its high rate of species.
Some plants associated with this genus of moth are: Rhamnus (Rhamnaceae), Prunus (Rosaceae).
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