Biology:Agathia hemithearia
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| Species: | A. hemithearia
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| Agathia hemithearia Guenée, 1857[1]
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Agathia hemithearia is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in India , Sri Lanka, China (Hainan), Taiwan[2] and Thailand.[3]
Description
Its wingspan is about 36 mm. The markings are rufous. The thorax and abdomen are more heavily marked. Forewings with a medial band of regular width, and angled on median nervure. Both wings with rufous outer area irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous, with a waved postmedial grey line enclosing some conjoined sub-marginal green patches below the apex of each wing and near the inner margin of the hindwings. There is a green area sending a prominent tooth in to the rufous area at vein 5 and below vein 2 of each wing. The ocellus is reduced to a pale line across the tail. Ventral side with purplish fuscous markings.[4]
References
- ↑ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/agathia+hemithearia/match/1.
- ↑ "Moths of Japan". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/21_Agathia/Agathia%20hemithearia/Agathia%20hemithearia.htm.
- ↑ "Taxonomy Browser: Agathia hemithearia". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=175903. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q13232853 entry
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