Celonoptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Celonoptera mirificaria, is found in south-eastern Europe. Both the genus and species were first described by Julius Lederer in 1862.[3][4][5]

Celonoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Celonoptera
Lederer, 1862
Species:
C. mirificaria
Binomial name
Celonoptera mirificaria
Lederer, 1862
Synonyms[1][2]

Generic

  • Sparta Staudinger, 1862

Specific

  • Sparta paradoxaria Staudinger, 1862

References

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  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera mirificaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Celonoptera Lederer, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  5. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celonoptera mirificaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2019.