Rhodesia alboviridata
| Rhodesia alboviridata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Rhodesia |
| Species: | R. alboviridata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880) | |
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Rhodesia alboviridata, the frosted emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern Africa and Madagascar.[1]
Known food plants of this species are Carissa edulis and Bauhinia variegata.[2]
References
- Saalmüller, M. (1880). "Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden". Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880: 258–310.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)". African Moths. Retrieved April 20, 2019.