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Polynesia truncapex

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Polynesia truncapex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Polynesia
Species:
P. truncapex
Binomial name
Polynesia truncapex
Synonyms
  • Placotome truncapex

Polynesia truncapex is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia and Bali.[2]

Adults have primrose-yellow wings marked with punctate red fasciae.

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe 1892". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Polynesia Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 22, 2020.