Dindica polyphaenaria

Dindica polyphaenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dindica
Species: D. polyphaenaria
Binomial name
Dindica polyphaenaria
(Guenée, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma polyphaenaria Guenée, 1857
  • Dindica basiflavata Moore, 1868

Dindica polyphaenaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan,[2] the Himalaya, south-east Asia and Sundaland.

Wings

The wingspan is 45–52 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on the young foliage of Litsea species. They are leaf-green with subdorsal yellow-white and lateral white lines over the abdominal segments and with obscure, oblique white lines between them. There is also a narrowish yellow ventral stripe with similar oblique yellow lines between it and the lateral line. Pupation takes place in a folded and spun together leaf.[4]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  3. gaga.biodiv.tw
  4. The Moths of Borneo


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