Acalyphes
Sign in to saveAcalyphes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its single species, Acalyphes philorites, is found in Australia, where it feeds on pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides). Both the genus and species were first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1926
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Vinony files it under Archiearinae, Geometer moth genera and Monotypic moth genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Geometridae
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Acalyphes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its single species, Acalyphes philorites, is found in Australia, where it feeds on pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides). Both the genus and species were first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1926
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