Pasiphilodes viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pasiphilodes
Species:	P. viridescens
Binomial name
	Pasiphilodes viridescens; (Warren, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
	Gymnodisca viridescens Warren, 1895; Pasiphila viridescens; Chloroclystis viridescens;

Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Malaysia,^[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.^[3]

The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.^[4]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.

References

↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pasiphilodes viridescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
↑ The Moths of Borneo
↑ W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159.

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[1] "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pasiphilodes viridescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[3] The Moths of Borneo

[4] W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159.