Eois lunulosa
| Eois lunulosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eois |
| Species: | E. lunulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eois lunulosa (Moore, 1887)[1] | |
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Eois lunulosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and Taiwan.
Description
Wingspan is about 22-26mm. Antennae in both sexes bipectinated with long branches to two-thirds length. Hind wings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3,4 stalked. Vertex of the head chestnut colored as well the frons. The sharft of antennae whitish. Collar crimson colored. Fore wings with a sub-costal crimson fascia. Both wings with many of the waved lines obsolescent, and medial and postmedial lines more developed. There is an ill-defined marginal crimson band with a purplish silvery patch at outer angle.[3]
Subspecies
- Eois lunulosa lunulosa nominate (Sri Lanka)
- Eois lunulosa duplicilinea (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ 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.
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