Biology:Albinospila floresaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Albinospila floresaria
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Albinospila
Species:
A. floresaria
Binomial name
Albinospila floresaria
Synonyms
  • Geometra floresaria Walker, 1866
  • Prasinocyma floresaria
  • Iodis oxycentra Meyrick, 1888

Albinospila floresaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, the Philippines , Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas[1] and in Australia (including Queensland).[2]

Adults are apple green with dark red discal spots and margins and a white forewing costa. The postmedial lines are white.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4712438 entry