Biology:Hemithea marina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hemithea |
| Species: | H. marina
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| Hemithea marina (Butler, 1878)
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Hemithea marina is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1] It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka[2] to Japan, Sundaland, Taiwan,[3] Sulawesi and Seram.
Description
It is a small moth with bluish-green wings. Punctate (dotted) white fasciae are distinct. Margin of the wings greenish. The caterpillar is brownish pink with dorsal blackish marks at the edges of the abdominal segments. Head bifid, with conical lobes. Body granular with minute white conical tubercles. There are small faint white and pink lines laterally. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made by debris.[4]
The caterpillar is polyphagous and is known to feed on Acacia, Brassica, Citrus, Glycosmis, Hevea, Lantana camara, Mangifera indica, Memecylon and Tephrosia species.
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Hemithea marina Butler, 1878". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/c9dc80b971698fe75282be4b9f6f78d8. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57.
- ↑ "Hemithea marina (Butler, 1878) 青顏銹腰尺蛾". http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/432159. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ↑ "Hemithea marina Butler". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_38_7.php. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q13226129 entry
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