Pasiphilodes viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphilodes
Species: P. viridescens
Binomial name
Pasiphilodes viridescens
(Warren, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gymnodisca viridescens Warren, 1895
  • Pasiphila viridescens
  • Chloroclystis viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Malaysia,[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.[3]

The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.[4]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. LepIndex
  3. The Moths of Borneo
  4. W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159.


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