Chlorodontopera

Chlorodontopera chalybeata

"Chlorodontopera" is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1893. Its only species, "Chlorodontopera chalybeata", described by Frederic Moore in 1872, is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, northern Vietnam, Myanmar, Borneo and Sumatra.
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Appearance

Palpi oblique, second joint thickly scaled and reaching beyond the frons. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Wings with outer margin crenulate. Forewings with veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12, and then with vein 10. Hindwings with produced margin to points at vein 4 and usually at vein 6.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusChlorodontopera
SpeciesC. chalybeata
Photographed in
Malaysia