Biology:Poecilasthena cisseres

Short description: Species of moth

Poecilasthena cisseres
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Poecilasthena
Species:	P. cisseres
Binomial name
Poecilasthena cisseres Turner, 1933

Poecilasthena cisseres is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1933. It is found in Australia , including Victoria.

Original description

Female, 28 mm. Head grey-whitish; face brownish; fillet white. Palpi under 1: brown-whitish. Antennae whitish. Thorax dull bluish-green. Abdomen dull bluish-green; apex whitish; underside pale grey. Legs pale fuscous; posterior pair whitish. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, moderately oblique; dull bluish-green with white markings; costal edge grey throughout; antemedian line from 1/3 costa to 3/8 dorsum, slightly curved outwards, slender, indistinct towards costa; postmedian from 2/3 costa to 5/8 dorsum, stronger, slightly outwardly curved, becoming sinuate towards dorsum; cilia pale grey. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; as forewings but lines more approximated. Very distinct, but nearest Poecilasthena euphylla. Victoria: Moe, in February; one specimen.

—Original description by Alfred Jefferis Turner

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Scoble, M. J.; Hausmann, A. (2007). "Poecilasthena cisseres". http://www.lepbarcoding.org/geometridae/species.php?region=1&id=91145. Retrieved 13 November 2018. 
• New Australian Lepidoptera (1933)

Wikidata ☰ Q7207284 entry