Heterorachis asyllaria

Heterorachis asyllaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Geometrinae
Genus: Heterorachis
Species: H. asyllaria
Binomial name
Heterorachis asyllaria
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Prasinocyma asyllaria Warren, 1899

Heterorachis asyllaria is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

Head, thorax and wings of this species are grass-green, forewings with a black spot at the end of the cell and the costal lines ochreous; both wings with the cilia white marked with green. The body is whitish, legs pinkish-ochreous, antennae, palpi and frons pinkish-ochreous.

The wingspan of this species is 30mm.[2]

References

  1. Afromoths
  2. Swinhoe, C. 1904c. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1904(3):497–590. on page 545


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