Amblychia hymenaria

Amblychia hymenaria
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Amblychia
Species: A. hymenaria
Binomial name
Amblychia hymenaria
(Guenée, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Elphos hymenaria Guenée, 1857
  • Ephos brabanti Thierry-Mieg, 1893
  • Elphos albifascia Warren, 1894
  • Elphos obliterata Warren, 1894
  • Elphos procellosa Warren, 1894

Amblychia hymenaria is a moth of the Geometridae family.[1] It is found in India, Singapore, Sundaland, Sulawesi,[2] Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia and may be in Sri Lanka.

Wingspan of female is 42 mm. Male has bipectinate antennae, and female has filiform antennae. Both sexes have brownish wings with white dots and irrorations. However, in male, the diffuse, oblique band which cross the forewing from the center of the costa to the tornal angle is off white, and it is white in female. Caterpillar is known to feeds on Cinnamomum iners.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Elphos hymenaria Guenée, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Amblychia hymenaria Guenée comb. n." Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Final instar caterpillar and metamorphosis of Amblychia hymenaria" (PDF). National University of Singapore. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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