Biology:Limbatochlamys rosthorni

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Short description: Species of moth

Limbatochlamys rosthorni
Limbatochlamys rosthorni 1894.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Limbatochlamys
Species:
L. rosthorni
Binomial name
Limbatochlamys rosthorni
Rothschild, 1894[1]

Limbatochlamys rosthorni is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan).[2]

The length of the forewings is 28–37 mm for males and 38 mm for females. The forewings are olive green, the costal area with a greyish-yellow band, speckled with black, and in some areas with greyish red. The hindwings are greyish yellow, the basal area of the hind margin and the outer marginal area with some greyish green, dotted with black.

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 
  2. Hong-Xiang Han, Anthony Galsworthy & Da-Yong Xue, 2005, Zoological Studies 44 (2): 191-199 [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q13543772 entry