Polyploca ridens (Fabricius, 1787)
(Frosted Green)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green)
Subfamily	THYATIRINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	DREPANIDAE (hook-tip moths)
Superfamily	DREPANOIDEA (lutestrings and hook-tips)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Polyploca ridens is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green) :
1: Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green)
13 Apr 2018	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
at fluorescent light sheet

2: Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green)
9 Apr 2007	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
At house-lights, 10pm in evening

Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DREPANOIDEA
(lutestrings and hook-tips)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polyploca ridens (Frosted Green)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Polyploca ridens is also a member of:

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