Biston pustulata
Biston pustulata | |
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Male, upperside and underside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Bistonini |
Genus: | Biston |
Species: | B. pustulata |
Binomial name | |
Biston pustulata (Warren, 1896)[1] | |
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Biston pustulata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China (Hainan), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sundaland.[1]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia mangium and Gliricidia species. They are robust and coarsely mottled pale green (although more bluish grey-green in earlier instars). The head is rugose, dull rufous orange, marked centrally with a darker brown, inverted āVā.[2]
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