Biology:Hagnagora mortipax

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Short description: Species of moth

Hagnagora mortipax
Hagnagora mortipax male a dorsal view b ventral view.jpg
Male (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. mortipax
Binomial name
Hagnagora mortipax
(Butler, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Scordylia mortipax Butler, 1872
  • Heterusia flavipectus Warren, 1897

Hagnagora mortipax is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1872. It is found in Costa Rica and Ecuador.

The upperside of the wing has a dark brown base colour with a large cream-white blotch on the forewing. This blotch almost reaches the outer margin, also either reaching the costal margin (in Costa Rican specimens), or scantily not (in Ecuadorian specimens). The white blotch is narrower in Hagnagora jamaicensis, and significantly smaller, and separated from the outer margin, in Hagnagora acothysta from Brazil. All three species are significantly larger than Hagnagora guatica.[1]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q13547430 entry