Biology:Microcalicha minima

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Short description: Species of moth

Microcalicha minima
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Microcalicha
Species:
M. minima
Binomial name
Microcalicha minima
Warren, 1896

Microcalicha minima is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by the English entomologist William Warren in 1896.[1]

Description

It is a small dark brown moth, similar in appearance to Lophobates mesotoechia but it has pale fawn and brown patches subapically at the costa of the forewing between the postmedial and submarginal, and tornus on the hindwing.

Distribution

It occurs in Borneo, Sumatra, and the north-eastern Himalayas.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13555057 entry