Gymnoscelis admixtaria
| Gymnoscelis admixtaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. admixtaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis admixtaria (Walker, 1862)[1] | |
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Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India and Japan.[3]
Description
The wingspan is about 16 mm in male and 20 mm in female. Palpi with second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked with vein 4. Male lack secondary sexual characters on the wings. Adults are rufous, with a slight olive tinge. The forewings have indistinct waved lines on the basal area and some black on the base of the costa. The hindwings have a diffused black subbasal line and traces of a medial line. A postmedial line sharply angled at vein 4, and with diffused black and rufous inside it. The outer area with a more distinct olive tinge and a pale waved submarginal line.[4]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Gymnoscelis admixtaria Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ Japanese Moths
- ↑ 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.
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