Psilocerea vestitaria
| Psilocerea vestitaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Psilocerea |
| Species: | P. vestitaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilocerea vestitaria Swinhoe, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Psilocera vestitaria | |
Psilocerea vestitaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.[1]
Its wingspan is 1.9/10 inches = 48.3 mm.
The original description by Swinhoe from 1904 is:[2]
PSILOCEREA VESTITARIA, nov.
(Fem). Grey with a slight pinkish tinge, uniform in coloration, irrorated with blackish-brown ; a black dot at the end of each cell; a pale ochreous-brown indistinct interior band on the fore-wings, outwardly curved ; a straight double line of the same colour from the apex of the fore-wings (where there is some brown suffusion) to the abdominal margin of hind-wings, a little below the middle, and two black spots on the hind-wings below this double line a little below the middle; outer margin of both wings slightly suffused with pale ochreous-brown; under-side slightly paler than the upper-side, well irrorated, the markings almost obsolete.
Expanse of wings 1.9/10 inches.
Hab. Madagascar (Coivan)
References
- ↑ Afromoths.net
- ↑ Swinhoe. in: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1904).