Gymnoscelis deleta
| Gymnoscelis deleta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. deleta |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis deleta (Hampson, 1891)[1] | |
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Gymnoscelis deleta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India,[2] Korea,[3] Japan,[4] Taiwan and probably in Sri Lanka according to Hampson.
Description
Wingspan is about 20-26mm. Body rufous, suffused and with black irrorations. Fore wings with traces of sub-basal and antemedial waved lines angled below costa. The medial area with an indistinct waved line found at its middle and defined by black lines, where the inner highly angled in cell. The outer oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is angled. The outer area with a pale patch from the postmedial line to apex and a less prominent patch at middle. A submarginal waved dark line found with blackish mark at costa and crossed by two black streaks below apex. Hind wings with indistinct waved subbasal, antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal lines. The postmedial double, angled at vein 6 and with ochreous beyond it, especially on inner area. A large pale spot found at middle of outer area. Ventral side fuscous with pale patches. A postmedial line angled at vein 4 of fore wing and vein 6 of hind wing. A curved submarginal line present.[5]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Taxonomic review of Gymnoscelis Mabille (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea
- ↑ 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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