Hydrelia bella

Hydrelia bella is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1916. It is found in China.[2]

Hydrelia bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Hydrelia
Species:
H. bella
Binomial name
Hydrelia bella
(Wileman, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Venusia bella Wileman, 1916

Taxonomy

The species was listed as a synonym of Hydrelia bicolorata, but the genitalia are distinct and it was later reinstated as a valid species.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Hydrelia Hubner 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018.
  2. Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.


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