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Albinospila floresaria

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Albinospila floresaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Albinospila
Species:
A. floresaria
Binomial name
Albinospila floresaria
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra floresaria Walker, 1866
  • Prasinocyma floresaria
  • Iodis oxycentra Meyrick, 1888

Albinospila floresaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas[2] and in Australia (including Queensland).[3]

Adults are apple green with dark red discal spots and margins and a white forewing costa. The postmedial lines are white.

References

  1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Albinospila floresaria Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2010). "Prasinocyma floresaria (Walker, 1866)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 April 2019.