''Rhodesia alboviridata'', the frosted emerald, is a species of

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of the family Geometridae first described by

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in 1880. It is found in southern Africa and

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. Known food plants of this species are ''

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'' and ''

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''.

References

*Saalmüller, M. (1880). "Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden". ''Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M.'' 1879–1880: 258–310. Geometrinae Moths described in 1880 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Geometrinae-stub