Carbia pulchrilinea

Carbia pulchrilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Carbia
Species:	C. pulchrilinea
Binomial name
Carbia pulchrilinea (Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Eupithecia pulchrilinea Walker, 1866 Leiocera axis Hampson, 1893 Pomasia moniliata Warren, 1893

Carbia pulchrilinea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka and New Guinea, as well as on Borneo, the Mentawai Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.^[2] The species is found from lowlands to the upper montane forest zone.^[3]

Description

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Body fawn colored. Fore wings with double sub-basal, antemedial, and postmedial waved white lines arising from ochreous specks found on the costa. There is a submarginal crenulate white line with four black lunules found on it below apex and a black streak crossing it above inner margin. Hind wings with antemedial and medial waved white lines. Three submarginal lines found with some black specks on them.^[4]

References

1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
3. "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker". jpmoth. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
4. 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.