Chiasmia subvaria

Chiasmia subvaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Chiasmia
Species: C. subvaria
Binomial name
Chiasmia subvaria
(Bastelberger, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gonodela subvaria Bastelberger, 1907
  • Gonodela cretiguttata Bastelberger, 1909

Chiasmia subvaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[1]

The basic colour of its wings is yellow-brown, crossed by 3 black-brown transversal lines. The wingspan is 33m.[2]

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