Biology:Pasiphilodes viridescens
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Short description: Species of moth
| Pasiphilodes viridescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphilodes |
| Species: | P. viridescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Pasiphilodes viridescens (Warren, 1895)[1]
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Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Malaysia,[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.[3]
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.[4]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes viridescens (Warren 1895)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82882008. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pasiphilodes viridescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=218547.
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae 2: 82–159. http://biostor.org/reference/60644.
Wikidata ☰ Q13465474 entry
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