Gymnoscelis ectochloros

Gymnoscelis ectochloros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Gymnoscelis
Species: G. ectochloros
Binomial name
Gymnoscelis ectochloros
(Hampson, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia ectochloros Hampson, 1891

Gymnoscelis ectochloros is a moth in the Geometridae family. It was described by Hampson in 1891. It is found in India,[2] and Sri Lanka according to Hampson.

Description

Wingspan is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in). Hind tibia lack medial pair of spurs. Palpi reaching far beyond the frons. Fore wings are of normal breadth. Male without thick tufts of laden-colored scaled at extremity of mid and hind tibia. Body olive green with black irrorations. Fore wings with rufous broad medial area, irroarted or suffused with black and edges by waved black lines, which angled on median nervure and vein 4. There is a pale waved submarginal line with rufous area, with a pale diffused patch at middle. Hind wings with rufous area extending to the base. Ventral side fuscous, with cell-spots and curved postmedial line. The green color often fades and the moth appears to be rufous and ochroeus in most of the time.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. LepIndex
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558.


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