Dysphania (moth)

Dysphania
D. militaris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Dysphania
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Deileptena Guérin-Méneville, 1831
  • Euschema Hübner, 1819
  • Hazis Boisduval, 1832
  • Heleona Swainson, 1833
  • Pareuschema Thierry-Mieg 1905
  • Polenivora Gistl, 1848

Dysphania is a genus of colourful moths in the family Geometridae and typical of the tribe Dysphaniini; they are sometimes called 'false tiger moths' and are found in northeast Australia, Melanesia, and south, east and southeast Asia.

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