Prosomphax is a very small genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). As of 2005, only four species had been described; all are found in the southern half of Africa. This little-studied genus belongs to the emerald moth subfamily (Geometrinae), but beyond that its relationships are still rather obscure.[1]
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| Genus: | Prosomphax Warren, 1911
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| Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911
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The species of Prosomphax are:[2]
- Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911
- Prosomphax deuterurga Prout, 1922
- Prosomphax anomala (Warren, 1902)
- Prosomphax horitropha Krüger, 2005
Footnotes
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edit- Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004c): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Prosomphax. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
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