Biston pustulata

Biston pustulata
	Male, upperside and underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Bistonini
Genus:	Biston
Species:	B. pustulata
Binomial name
	Biston pustulata; (Warren, 1896)
Synonyms
	Buzura pustulata Warren, 1896;

Biston pustulata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China (Hainan), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sundaland.^[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia mangium and Gliricidia species. They are robust and coarsely mottled pale green (although more bluish grey-green in earlier instars). The head is rugose, dull rufous orange, marked centrally with a darker brown, inverted “V”.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species
^ The Moths of Borneo^{[permanent dead link]}

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[zootaxa-1] A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species

[borneo-2] The Moths of Borneo^{[permanent dead link]}

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