Biology:Neromia picticosta
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | N. picticosta
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| Neromia picticosta Prout, 1913[1]
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Neromia picticosta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Madagascar .
It has a wingspan of 22 mm. The wings are dull bluish green, irrorated (sprinkled) with white. The face is dark red, the thorax and abdomen dorsally green.[2]
This species was described from a specimen from Antananarivo.
References
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Neromia picticosta Prout L. B., 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/NEROPICT. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Prout, Louis B. (1913). "Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae Tring 20: 388–442. ISSN 0950-7655. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15842796.
Wikidata ☰ Q13535248 entry
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