Eois grataria
| Eois grataria | |
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| Eois grataria ab. mediofusca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eois |
| Species: | E. grataria |
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| Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)[1] | |
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Eois grataria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Sundaland and on Christmas Island.[2]
Taxonomy
Records from Africa (ab. mediofusca) and from the Moluccas eastwards to the Bismarck Archipelago (ab. marginata and ab. perflava) are not conspecific with grataria, since the genitalia of both sexes are distinct.
Description
Wingspan is about 22-24mm. Antennae in both sexes bipectinated with long branches to two-thirds length. Hind wings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3,4 stalked. Body crimson, suffused with purplish fuscous, except on disk of hind wings. Both wings with numerous minutely waved lines. Some bright yellow between two of the postmedial waved lines, coming out as a prominent patch beyond the cell of fore wing. Margin and cilia bright yellow intersected by crimson at the angle of each wing. Ventral side pale colored.[3]
The larvae feed on Mallotus species.[4]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "蛾類採集編號". Taiwan moths. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Eois grataria Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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