Eumelea rosalia
Eumelea rosalia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Eumelea |
Species: | E. rosalia |
Binomial name | |
Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, [1781]) | |
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Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, east to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Description
The males are generally rather redder than the females.[1] The wingspan of male is about 50 mm and female with 60 mm. Body bright yellow with crimson color thickly irrorated. Fore wings with indistinct antemedial, medial and submarginal crimson bands. Hind wings with medial and submarginal bands. Ventral side is with more prominent crimson bands.[2]
Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus and Clinostigma species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)". Butterfly house. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Eumelea rosalia Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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