Heterolocha

Heterolocha

Heterolocha marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Heterolocha Lederer, 1853

Heterolocha is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae (geometer moths).

Taxonomy

The genus was described in 1853 by Julius Lederer, an Austrian entomologist who specializes in the study of lepidoterans.

Species

The genus contains numerous species. They are listed below:

Heterolocha aristonaria (Walker, 1860)
Heterolocha arizana Wileman, 1910
Heterolocha biplagiata Bastelberger, 1909
Heterolocha coccinea Inoue, 1976
Heterolocha declinata Prout, 1928
Heterolocha falconaria (Walker, 1866)
Heterolocha hypoleuca Hampson, 1907
Heterolocha laminaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
Heterolocha lilacina (Bastelberger, 1909)
Heterolocha lonicerae Prout, 1926
Heterolocha marginata Wileman, 1910
Heterolocha patalata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Heterolocha phoenicotaeniata (Kollar, 1844)
Heterolocha polymorpha West, 1929
Heterolocha polymorphoides Holloway, 1993
Heterolocha pyreniata (Walker, 1866)
Heterolocha sabulosa (Bastelberger, 1909)
Heterolocha stulta (Butler, 1879)
Heterolocha subroseata Warren, 1894
Heterolocha taiwana Wileman, 1910

References

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↑ Savela, Markku. "Heterolocha Lederer, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
↑ "Heterolocha declinata". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Taxon identifiers
Heterolocha	Wikidata: Q739635 Wikispecies: Heterolocha BioLib: 646371 BOLD: 103106 ButMoth: 13478.0 CoL: 92BJL EoL: 40481 GBIF (old): 1984667 iNaturalist: 464651 Insecta.pro: 18897 LepIndex: 236916 NCBI: 704756 Open Tree of Life: 4279192

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