Chloroclystis leucopygata

Chloroclystis leucopygata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chloroclystis
Species: C. leucopygata
Binomial name
Chloroclystis leucopygata
Warren, 1896[1]

Chloroclystis leucopygata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found on Sulawesi,[2] as well as in India.

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The forewings are red-brown, suffused in parts with fuscous. The hindwings are similar to the forewings, but the submarginal line is whiter.[3]

Subspecies

  • Chloroclystis leucopygata leucopygata (India)
  • Chloroclystis leucopygata cata Prout, 1958 (Sulawesi)

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chloroclystis_auctorum leucopygata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Walter Rothschild; Ernst Hartert; K. Jordan (1896). "A Journal of Zoology in Connection with the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 3.


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