Chlorochaeta integranota

Chlorochaeta integranota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chlorochaeta
Species: C. integranota
Binomial name
Chlorochaeta integranota
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Comibaena integranota Hampson, 1893

Chlorochaeta integranota is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and South India.

The antenna of the male are bipectinate (comb like on both sides) and the female are filiform (thread like). The apex of the forewing is blunt and of the hindwing is round. Wings green. Hindwing usually with postmedial line absent. White to brown blotches found.[3]

References

  1. "Species Details: Chlorochaeta integranota Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. "The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (4). Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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