Biology:Carbia pulchrilinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Carbia |
| Species: | C. pulchrilinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Carbia pulchrilinea (Walker, 1866)[1]
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Carbia pulchrilinea is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in the India , Sri Lanka and New Guinea, as well as on Borneo, the Mentawai Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.[2] The species is found from lowlands to the upper montane forest zone.[3]
Description
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Body fawn colored. Forewings with double sub-basal, antemedial, and postmedial waved white lines arising from ochreous specks found on the costa. There is a submarginal crenulate white line with four black lunules found on it below apex and a black streak crossing it above inner margin. Hindwings with antemedial and medial waved white lines. Three submarginal lines found with some black specks on them.[4]
References
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- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Carbia pulchrilinea (Walker 1866)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82867294. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Borneo. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_4_7.php. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/09_Larentiinae/14_Carbia/Carbia%20pulchrilinea/Carbia%20pulchrilinea.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ 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.
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