Anydrelia distorta

Anydrelia distorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Anydrelia
Species: A. distorta
Binomial name
Anydrelia distorta
(Hampson, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hydrelia distorta Hampson, 1895

Anydrelia distorta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Nepal and China.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults are rufous, irrorated with fuscous. The forewings with traces of an antemedial line and a speck at the end of the cell. There is a nearly straight oblique postmedial line, with traces of a chestnut line beyond it and a dark patch between veins 3 and 4. There are also a submarginal and marginal series of black specks. The hindwings have an indistinct medial line and a submarginal and marginal series of black specks.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anydrelia distorta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Entomology
  4. ↑ George F. (George Francis) Hampson: Moths (Volume 3)


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