Racotis boarmiaria

Racotis boarmiaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan,^[1] Indonesia, Bhutan^[2] and Malaysia.^[3]

Subspecies

• Racotis boarmiaria boarmiaria Guenée, 1857
• Racotis boarmiaria plenifasciata Warren, 1894
• Racotis boarmiaria japonica Inoue, 1953 (Japan)
• Racotis boarmiaria illustrata Warren, 1899 (Malaysia)

Biology

This species has a wingspan of 45-54mm.^[4] Fore wings with veins 10 and 11 stalked. body brownish ochreous, thickly irrorated with rufous brown. Fore wings with antemedial, medial, and postmedial specks series, where the latter with brownish patch at middle. There is an indistinct pale waved submarginal line present. Hind wings with indistinct antemedial line. Crenulate postmedial line with brown patch at middle, and indistinct waved submarginal line. Both wings with marginal series of specks present. Ventral side is pale ochreous with prominent cell-spots. Outer area fuscous with the margin paler.^[5]

Larva bright green with pure white lateral line and short streaks on second and eleventh somites. Some reddish blotches found above and below the line. It's had been recorded on Lindera, Neolitsea, Parabenzoin, Litsea cubeba.^[6]

References

1. ↑ ftp.funet.fi
2. ↑ images at: www.boldsystems.org
3. ↑ "Distribution of Racotis boarmiaria (Guenée, 1857)". Retrieved 19 September 2016. 
4. ↑ Warren, W. 1899a. New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World regions. - Novitates Zoologicae 6(1):1–66.
5. ↑ 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. 
6. ↑ "Racotis boarmiaria Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 19 September 2016.