Parasthena
| Parasthena | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Asthenini |
| Genus: | Parasthena Warren, 1902 |
| Species: | P. flexilinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasthena flexilinea Warren, 1902[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parasthena is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Parasthena flexilinea, which is found on Sulawesi, the Philippines and Borneo and possibly on Seram and Papua New Guinea.[2]
The ground colour of the wings is pale grey-brown with fine grey-brown fasciation and black discal spots.[3]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ DAYONG XUE and MALCOLM J. SCOBLE (2002). A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71 , pp 77-133 doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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