Agathia pisina

Agathia pisina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Agathia
Species: A. pisina
Binomial name
Agathia pisina
Butler, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Agathia asterias Meyrick, 1888
  • Agathia diversilinea Warren, 1896
  • Agathia ampla Prout, 1911
  • Agathia dimota Prout, 1911
  • Agathia irregularis Prout, 1916

Agathia pisina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (including Queensland) and Norfolk Island.

Adults are green with brown markings. The hindwings have a cusp halfway along the margin. There is also a brown cusp white spot at each hindwing tornus.[2]

The larvae feed on Gymnanthera oblonga.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ Australian Insects
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