Gymnoscelis imparatalis

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

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

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