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Neromia picticosta

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Neromia picticosta
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N. picticosta
Binomial name
Neromia picticosta
Prout, 1913[1]

Neromia picticosta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Madagascar.

It has a wingspan of 22 mm. The wings are dull bluish green, irrorated (sprinkled) with white. The face is dark red, the thorax and abdomen dorsally green.[2]

This species was described from a specimen from Antananarivo.

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Neromia picticosta Prout L. B., 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved March 28, 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Prout, Louis B. (1913). "Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae Tring. 20: 388–442. ISSN 0950-7655.