neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
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moth genus in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...
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''Phrygionis'' have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past. In most species, the forewing measures in length.
Phrygionis auriferaria
''Phrygionis auriferaria'', the golden-winged palyas moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbe ...
Phrygionis ferreus
''Phrygionis'' is a neotropical moth genus in the family Geometridae.
''Phrygionis'' have relatively conspicuous wing patterns, which probably led to overestimation of their species richness in the past. In most species, the forewing measures ...
Phrygionis platinata
''Phrygionis platinata'' is a species in the moth family Geometridae found in Central and South America.
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Phrygionis platinata'':
* ''Phrygionis platinata citrina'' (Warren, 1897)
* ''Phry ...