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Ardonis filicata

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Ardonis filicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ardonis
Species:
A. filicata
Binomial name
Ardonis filicata
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia filicata C. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Ceratorhynchus deletarius Hampson, 1893
  • Chloroclystis mochleutes L. B. Prout, 1958

Ardonis filicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and Borneo and Sulawesi.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Ardonis filicata filicata (north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo)
  • Ardonis filicata mochleutes (Prout, 1958) (Sulawesi)

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ardonis filicata (Swinhoe 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ardonis filicata Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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