Biology:Agathia pisina
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Agathia pisina Butler, 1887[1]
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Agathia pisina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1887. It is found in Australia (including Queensland) and Norfolk Island.
Adults are green with brown markings. The hindwings have a cusp halfway along the margin. There is also a brown cusp white spot at each hindwing tornus.[2]
The larvae feed on Gymnanthera oblonga.
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- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (18 February 2018). "Agathia pisina Butler, 1887". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/pisina.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q15683313 entry
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