Chiasmia nora
| Chiasmia nora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Macariini |
| Genus: | Chiasmia |
| Species: | C. nora |
| Binomial name | |
| Chiasmia nora (Walker, 1861) | |
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Chiasmia nora is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern India, Sri Lanka, south-eastern Asia and probably throughout Sundaland.[1]
Description
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Wingspan is about 42mm. Fore wings with outer margin slightly angled at vein 4. Male with dilated hind tibia. Very similar to Semiothisa eleonora, differs from black suffusion especially beyond the medial band of both wings. Fore wings with a black speck at end of cell. Hind wings with black patches beyond the band more numerous. A white patch found on the outer area below vein 4.[2]
Larva greenish, with light, dull yellow longitudinal bands. Larvae have been reared on Acacia species. Males are known to feed from mammalian body fluids.[3]
References
- ↑ "Godonela nora Walker". jpmoth. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Godonela nora Walker comb. n". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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