Ziridava rufinigra

Ziridava rufinigra is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895.[1] It is found on Borneo and in India, New Guinea and the Australian state of Queensland.[2]

Ziridava rufinigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ziridava
Species:
Z. rufinigra
Binomial name
Ziridava rufinigra

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are yellow with a broad irregular brown band along the costa of each forewing, and a broad brown mark at the tornus of each hindwing.[3]

Subspecies

  • Ziridava rufinigra rufinigra (India, Borneo)
  • Ziridava rufinigra brevicellula Prout, 1916 (New Guinea)
  • Ziridava rufinigra cedreleti Prout, 1958 (Queensland)

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ziridava rufinigra Swinhoe 1895". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ziridava rufinigra Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (18 October 2013). "Ziridava rufinigra Swinhoe, 1895". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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