Biology:Psilocerea dysonaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Psilocerea dysonaria
Scientific classification
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P. dysonaria
Binomial name
Psilocerea dysonaria
C. Swinhoe, 1904
Synonyms
  • Psilocera dysonaria

Psilocerea dysonaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Madagascar .[1]

Its wingspan is 43.2 mm.

The original description by Swinhoe from 1904 is:[2]

Pale uniform grey with a pinkish tinge irrorated with chestnut-brown atoms; the markings also chestnut-brown; a double straight band from apex of fore-wings, where there is a dark suffused space, to the middle of the abdominal margin of hind-wings, the interior space of the double band is whitish and there is a whitish edging on the outer side of it; on the outer margin of both wings there is some red-brown suffusion; under-side as above but paler.

Expanse of wings 1.7/10 inches.

Hab. Madagascar (Cowan).

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Psilocerea dysonaria Swinhoe, 1904". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PSILDYSO. Retrieved April 8, 2019. 
  2. Swinhoe, Charles (1904). "On the Geometridae of Tropical Africa in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 521. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1904roya#page/521/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7255824 entry