Collix ghosha
| Collix ghosha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Collix |
| Species: | C. ghosha |
| Binomial name | |
| Collix ghosha Walker, 1862[1] | |
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Collix ghosha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from the Indian Subregion, Sri Lanka to Queensland, Japan and New Caledonia.[2][3]
Description
The wingspan of male is about 28 mm and female about 28-30 mm.[4] Palpi with the second joint reaching far beyond the frontal tuft. Mid tibia of male very much dilated and with a deep groove. Ground color of the body greyish brown. The waved lines are more prominent. A postmedial series of pale specks are more or less developed, and the submarginal series obsolescent. Ventral side whitish. Discocellular spots larger. The postmedial band replaced by a streak series, which at middle almost join the submarginal spots, which form an almost complete band except between veins 3 and 4.[5]
The larvae feed on Ardisia and Embelia species. They prefer the young leaves. The larvae have a rosy pinkish green body and a yellow-green head. Pupation takes place in a sparse cocoon which is made in a curled leaf of the host plant.[6]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ "オオサビイロナミシャク Collix ghosha ghosha Walker, 1862". jpmoth. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ Australian Insects
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Collix ghosha Walker, 1862". Butterfly House. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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