Biology:Probithia exclusa
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | P. exclusa
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| Probithia exclusa (Walker, 1860)
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Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya , Sri Lanka, the Philippines , Sulawesi and Sundaland.
Description
Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands.[1]
Larvae have been reared on Eugenia species.[2]
Subspecies
- Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
- Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Probithia exclusa Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_2_1.php. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7246934 entry
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