''Chloroclystis breyniae'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...
. It was described by
Prout
Prout may refer to:
Surname
* Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (1942–2009), British politician
* Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English composer, music theorist, writer and teacher
* Elizabeth Prout (1820–1864), Catholic nun and Servant of Go ...
in 1958. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
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Moths described in 1958
breyniae
Endemic fauna of India
Moths of Asia
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