Melanthia

Melanthia
Melanthia procellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Melanthiini
Genus:	Melanthia Duponchel, 1829

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Melanthia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

Species

• Melanthia alaudaria (Freyer, 1846)
• Melanthia procellata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – pretty chalk carpet

References

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