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Melanchroia
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Melanchroia

Melanchroia is a genus of moths in the family of diurnal neotropical moths, Geometridae, and subfamily Ennominae. The genus was proposed by Jakob Hübner in 1819. Its species can be found from the southeastern United States to Argentina.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White-tipped Black

speciesMelanchroia chephise

Melanchroia aterea

speciesMelanchroia aterea

Melanchroia vazquezae

speciesMelanchroia vazquezae

Melanchroia tepens

speciesMelanchroia tepens

Melanchroia geometroides

speciesMelanchroia geometroides

Melanchroia regnatrix

speciesMelanchroia regnatrix

Melanchroia venata

speciesMelanchroia venata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 321698.