Psilocerea dysonaria
| Psilocerea dysonaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Psilocerea |
| Species: | P. dysonaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilocerea dysonaria Swinhoe, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Psilocera dysonaria | |
Psilocerea dysonaria is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]
Its wingspan is 1.7/10 inches = 43.2 mm.
The original description by Swinhoe from 1904 is:[2]
Pale uniform grey with a pinkish tinge irrorated with chestnut- brown atoms; the markings also chestnut-brown; a double straight band from apex of fore-wings, where there is a dark suffused space, to the middle of the abdominal margin of hind-wings, the interior space of the double band is whitish and there is a whitish edging on the outer side of it; on the outer margin of both wings there is some red-brown suffusion; under-side as above but paler.
Expanse of wings 1.7/10 inches.
Hab. Madagascar (Cowan).
References
- ↑ Afromoths.net
- ↑ Swinhoe. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1904).