Zythos aphrodite

Zythos aphrodite is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1932. It is found in New Guinea[2] and Australia.[3]

Zythos aphrodite
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Zythos
Species:
Z. aphrodite
Binomial name
Zythos aphrodite
(Prout, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nobilia aphrodite Prout, 1932
  • Nobilia rooki Prout, 1938

Subspecies

  • Zythos aphrodite aphrodite
  • Zythos aphrodite rooki (Prout, 1938) (Rook Island)

References

  1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zythos aphrodite". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Zythos aphrodite (Prout, 1932)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 15, 2018.


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