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Pterotosoma
''Pterotosoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Warren in 1903. Species *'' Pterotosoma bilineata'' Warren, 1903 *'' Pterotosoma castanea'' (Warren, 1898) References Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub ...
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Pterotosoma Castanea
'' Pterotosoma castanea'' is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan and Borneo. Subspecies *''Pterotosoma castanea castanea'' (north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan) *''Pterotosoma castanea kinabalua'' (Holloway, 1976) (Borneo) References Moths described in 1898 Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub ...
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Pterotosoma Bilineata
''Pterotosoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Warren in 1903. Species *'' Pterotosoma bilineata'' Warren, 1903 *''Pterotosoma castanea '' Pterotosoma castanea'' is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan and Borneo. Subspecies *''Pterotosoma castanea castanea'' (north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan) *''Pterotosoma castanea ki ...'' (Warren, 1898) References Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub ...
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Uraniidae
The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia.Carter, David, ''Eyewitness Handbook to Butterflies and Moths'' (1992) pp. 190–191; Dorling Kindersley/New York, NY Some of the tropical species are known for their bright, butterfly-like colors and are called sunset moths (for example ''Chrysiridia rhipheus''). Such moths are apparently toxic and the bright colors are a warning to predators. The family Uraniidae contains both diurnal and nocturnal species. The day-flying species are usually more strikingly colored and vibrant than the nocturnal ones. Many diurnal species also have iridescent scales and multiple tails, which often led them to be mistaken for butterflies. In sharp contrast, the nocturnal species are generally small, pale-colored insects. The Uraniidae are similar to the geometer A geometer is a mathematician w ...
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