Agathia laetata

Agathia laetata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Geometrini
Genus: Agathia
Species: A. laetata
Binomial name
Agathia laetata
(Fabricius, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena laetata Fabricius, 1794
  • Agathia catenaria Walker, 1861
  • Agathia laetata isogyna Prout, 1916
  • Agathia furcula Matsumura, 1931
  • Agathia laetata andamanensis Prout, 1932

Agathia laetata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Indochina, Southern China, Taiwan, Sundaland.[2]

Description

Wingspan is about 38mm. This species is differs from all Agathia species by having outer rufous area of inner edge evenly curved on fore wing and dentate on hind wings. The green patch below apex of each wing oval. The green spots towards inner margin of hind wings rarely developed. The ocellus more developed.[3]

Larva green, with forsal prominences on first and eleventh somites. Pupa yellowish green above, green below, the abdominal somites black-speckled. The larvae feed on Ichnocarpus, Nerium and Marsdenia species. Eggs are shining light green in color, oval, flat-topped or concave.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Agathia laetata at funet
  2. ↑ "Agathia laetata (Fabricius, 1794) ヤエヤマチズモンアオシャク". jpmoth. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Agathia laetata Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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