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Ziridava rufinigra

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

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.