Biology:Poecilasthena cisseres

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Short description: Species of moth

Poecilasthena cisseres
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Poecilasthena
Species:
P. cisseres
Binomial name
Poecilasthena cisseres
Turner, 1933[1]

Poecilasthena cisseres is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1933. It is found in Australia , including Victoria.

Original description

Female, 28 mm. Head grey-whitish; face brownish; fillet white. Palpi under 1: brown-whitish. Antennae whitish. Thorax dull bluish-green. Abdomen dull bluish-green; apex whitish; underside pale grey. Legs pale fuscous; posterior pair whitish. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, moderately oblique; dull bluish-green with white markings; costal edge grey throughout; antemedian line from 1/3 costa to 3/8 dorsum, slightly curved outwards, slender, indistinct towards costa; postmedian from 2/3 costa to 5/8 dorsum, stronger, slightly outwardly curved, becoming sinuate towards dorsum; cilia pale grey. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; as forewings but lines more approximated. Very distinct, but nearest Poecilasthena euphylla. Victoria: Moe, in February; one specimen.
—Original description by Alfred Jefferis Turner

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Poecilasthena cisseres Turner 1933". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82863503. Retrieved 13 November 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7207284 entry