Pomasia denticlathrata

Pomasia denticlathrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pomasia
Species: P. denticlathrata
Binomial name
Pomasia denticlathrata
Warren, 1893[1]

Pomasia denticlathrata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India (it was described from the Naga Hills),[2] Japan[3] and Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 18 to 21 millimetres (0.71 to 0.83 in). Adults are pale yellow, the forewings with about fifteen waved red-brown lines connected by patches of red-brown. The hindwings have about eight waved red-brown lines. Both wings have a waved marginal line.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Schoepfia species.[5]

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