Ardonis filicata

Ardonis filicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Ardonis
Species: A. filicata
Binomial name
Ardonis filicata
(Swinhoe, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia filicata Swinhoe, 1892
  • Ceratorhynchus deletarius Hampson, 1893
  • Chloroclystis mochleutes Prout, 1958

Ardonis filicata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and Borneo and Sulawesi.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.[3]

Subspecies

  • Ardonis filicata filicata (north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo)
  • Ardonis filicata mochleutes (Prout, 1958) (Sulawesi)

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  3. ↑ George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)



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