Biology:Neromia picticosta

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Neromia picticosta
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N. picticosta
Binomial name
Neromia picticosta
Prout, 1913[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13535248 entry