Pomasia psylaria

Pomasia psylaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Pomasia
Species: P. psylaria
Binomial name
Pomasia psylaria
Guenee, 1857[1]

Pomasia psylaria is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka.[3][4]

Description

Its wingspan is about 28 mm in the male and 32 mm in the female. Body bright rufous. Head, thorax and abdomen banded with greyish white. Forewings with orange costa, with black patches and strigae. A grey fascia found below the costa. A basal grey spot can be seen. There are six irregularly waved grey lines outlined in black. The veins streaked with grey and black. Outer margin orange, with black patches at veins 2 and 4. Hindwings with a basal grey spot. Five waved greyish lines found with black outlines. The outer margin orange, with a black patch at vein 4. Ventral side is suffused with pale fuscous.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Pomasia psylaria Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pomasia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pomasia psylaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pomasia psylaria?". Bio Diversity of Sri Lanka. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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