Eois grataria

Eois grataria
Eois grataria ab. mediofusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eois
Species: E. grataria
Binomial name
Eois grataria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hyria grataria Walker, 1861
  • Acidalia pallicinctaria Walker, 1863
  • Amaurinia nubifera Thierry-Mieg, 1915
  • Eois grataria ab. mediofusca Prout
  • Eois grataria ab. marginata Warren
  • Eois grataria ab. perflava Warren

Eois grataria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Hong Kong, Sundaland and on Christmas Island.[2]

The wings are warm dove grey with vinous red fasciation.

The larvae feed on Mallotus species.

Taxonomy

Records from Africa (ab. mediofusca) and from the Moluccas eastwards to the Bismarck Archipelago (ab. marginata and ab. perflava) are not conspecific with grataria, since the genitalia of both sexes are distinct.

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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