Pomasia denticlathrata
Pomasia denticlathrata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India (it was described from the Naga Hills),[2] Japan[3] and Taiwan.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pomasia |
Species: | P. denticlathrata |
Binomial name | |
Pomasia denticlathrata | |
The wingspan is about 18 to 21 millimetres (0.71 to 0.83 in). Adults are pale yellow, the forewings with about fifteen waved red-brown lines connected by patches of red-brown. The hindwings have about eight waved red-brown lines. Both wings have a waved marginal line.[4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Schoepfia species.[5]
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pomasia denticlathrata Warren 1893". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pomasia denticlathrata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Japanese Moths
- George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
- Japan Heterocesists' Journal : No. 229
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