Achlora

Achlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Desmobathrinae
Genus:	Achlora; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Species:	A. cuprearia
Binomial name
	Achlora cuprearia; Guenée, 1857

Achlora is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. The single species in the genus is Achlora cuprearia, described by the same author in the same year.

It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index to be a synonym of Entogonia.^[1] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms considers it to be a valid genus.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Entogonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku. "Achlora Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Entogonia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Achlora Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

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