Alsophila

Alsophila aescularia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Alsophilinae
Genus: Alsophila
Species: A. aceraria – A. aescularia – A. bulawskii – A. foedata – A. inouei – A. japonensis – A. murinaria – A. pometaria – A. vladimiri – A. yanagitai

(Note: Caution with hemihomonym for the plant genus Alsophila)

Name

Alsophila Hübner, 1825: 321

Type species: Geometra aescularia Denis & Schiffermiiller, 1775

Synonymy

References

Primary references

  • Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 20–27: 305–431. BHL Reference page. 
  • Kostjuk, I.Yu., Mironov, V.G. & Viidalepp, J. 2020. Review of the Central Asian species of Phthorarcha Meyrick (Geometridae: Alsophilinae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4861(2): 232–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.4. Paywall. ResearchGate Reference page. 
  • Inoue, H. 1944. A revision of Alsophila (Lep., Geom.) with phenological aspect of the Japanese specimens. Transactions of the Kansai Entomological Society 13 (2): 36–63, 8 pls.

Additional references

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