Allocotesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its only species is Allocotesia chiphora. Both the genus and species were described by Wehrli in 1936.[2]

Allocotesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Allocotesia
Wehrli, 1936
Species:
A. chiphora
Binomial name
Allocotesia chiphora
Wehrli, 1936

References

edit
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allocotesia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Allocotesia chiphora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 10, 2019.