Gymnoscelis imparatalis

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Gymnoscelis imparatalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Gymnoscelis
Species: G. imparatalis
Binomial name
Gymnoscelis imparatalis
(Walker, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Botys imparatalis Walker, 1865
  • Eupithecia indicata Walker, 1866
  • Chloroclystis indicata
  • Chloroclystis semivinosa Warren, 1896
  • Gymnoscelis perangusta Warren, 1897
  • Gymnoscelis upolensis Rebel, 1915
  • Tephroclystia imperviata Swinhoe, 1900

Gymnoscelis imparatalis is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago.[2] The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are ochreous, suffused with dark brown and rufous.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the young foliage and flowers of Mangifera, Tabernaemontana, Hodgsonia, Cinnamomum, Cassia, Fagraea, Memecylon, Pittosporaceae tristrigosa, Citrus and Nephelium species.

Subspecies

  • Gymnoscelis imparatalis imparatalis
  • Gymnoscelis imparatalis opta Prout, 1958
  • Gymnoscelis imparatalis upolensis Rebel, 1915

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997-2012. Retrieved 2013. 
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ↑ George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
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