Biology:Pomasia reticulata

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Short description: Species of moth

Pomasia reticulata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pomasia
Species:
P. reticulata
Binomial name
Pomasia reticulata
Hampson, 1895

Pomasia reticulata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in the Mergui Archipelago of Myanmar and in Penang in Peninsular Malaysia and in Borneo.[2] The habitat primarily consists of coastal areas.

Adults are bright orange, the head, thorax and abdomen spotted with black. The forewings have double subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial and submarginal waved dark lines connected by blotches. The antemedial, medial, postmedial and submarginal double waved lines on the hindwings have a few blotches. There is a dentate line close to the margin and two spots on the margin.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13549402 entry