Gymnoscelis imparatalis
| Flower-looper Moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. imparatalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis imparatalis (Walker, 1865)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Flower-looper moth,[2] (Gymnoscelis imparatalis), is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.[3]
Description
The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). Palpi with the second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked at vein 4. Male lack secondary sexual characters on the wings. Adults are ochreous, suffused with dark brown and rufous. Wings with faint traces of waved lines. A double curved postmedial line present, where the area beyond it is paler, with dark streaks on fore wings below costa and on each side of vein 5, and patches at outer angle of fore wings and apex of hind wings. There is a dentate submarginal line most prominent on hind wings.[4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the young foliage and flowers of Mangifera, Tabernaemontana, Hodgsonia, Cinnamomum, Cassia, Fagraea, Memecylon, Pittosporaceae plants, Citrus and Nephelium species.
Subspecies
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis imparatalis
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis opta Prout, 1958
- Gymnoscelis imparatalis upolensis Rebel, 1915
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "Flower-looper Moth". Cook Islands Biodiversity. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Gymnoscelis imparatalis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558.