Pasiphila derasata

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Pasiphila derasata
Chloroclystis derasata (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphila
Species: P. derasata
Binomial name
Pasiphila derasata
(Bastelberger, 1905)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Gullaca derasata Bastelberger, 1905
  • Chloroclystis derasata
  • Chloroclystis chlamydata de Joannis, 1906
  • Chloroclystis jansei Prout, 1937

Pasiphila derasata is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Africa, south of the Sahara, including the Islands of the Atlantic Ocean (Cabo Verde) and the island of the Indian Ocean.[3]

The wingspan of this moth is approx. 14–18 mm. The edge of the forewings of the males have an convexed shape that makes it easy to distinguish them from the females.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997-2012. Retrieved 2013. 
  2. ↑ The geometrid moths of Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
  3. ↑ www.afromoths.net
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