Biology:Gymnoscelis imparatalis
| Flower-looper moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. imparatalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis imparatalis (Walker, 1865)[1]
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Gymnoscelis imparatalis, the flower-looper moth,[2] is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India , Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.[3]
Description
The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). Palpi with the second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked at vein 4. Males lack secondary sexual characteristics on the wings. Adults are ochreous, suffused with dark brown and rufous. Wings with faint traces of waved lines. A double curved postmedial line is present, where the area beyond it is paler, with dark streaks on forewings below costa and on each side of vein 5, and patches at outer angle of forewings and apex of hindwings. There is a dentate submarginal line most prominent on hindwings.[4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the young foliage and flowers of Mangifera, Tabernaemontana, Hodgsonia, Cinnamomum, Cassia, Fagraea, Memecylon, Pittosporaceae plants, Citrus and Nephelium species.
Subspecies
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis imparatalis
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis opta Prout, 1958
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis upolensis Rebel, 1915
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis imparatalis (Walker 1866)". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82874927. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Flower-looper Moth". Cook Islands Biodiversity. http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=7367. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Gymnoscelis imparatalis Walker". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_22_14.php. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q13547806 entry
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