Isturgia contexta

Isturgia contexta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Isturgia
Species:	I. contexta
Binomial name
	Isturgia contexta; (Saalmüller, 1891)
Synonyms
	Tephrina contexta Saalmüller, 1891; Tephrina caeca Saalmüller, 1891;

Isturgia contexta is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Madagascar and Comoros.

The length of the forewings is 12 to 16mm,The wings are whitish/ochreous-grey ground colour with darker clusting. Underside is cream-white. The antennaes of the male are bipectinated, female antennaes are ciliated.^[1]

Biology

Specimen of this species have been collected from sea level up to 1200m, during the whole year except September.

References

^ Krüger, 2001, A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Entomology Series 70: 1-502

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[1] Krüger, 2001, A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Entomology Series 70: 1-502

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