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