Dindicodes vigil

Dindicodes vigil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Dindicodes
Species:	D. vigil
Binomial name
	Dindicodes vigil; (L. B. Prout, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
	Terpna vigil Prout, 1926;

"Dindicodes" vigil is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1926. It is found in Myanmar.[2]

Taxonomy

The species has a similar wing pattern to that of the species within the crocina group of the genus Dindicodes, but the very different male genitalia, and long, strong, diverging, socii, excludes the species from this genus. For now, the correct generic placement is unknown.[1]

References

Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pachyodes_auctorum vigil". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

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[Pitkin-1] Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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