Polynesia sunandava

Polynesia sunandava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Polynesia
Species: P. sunandava
Binomial name
Polynesia sunandava
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pomasia sunandava Walker, 1861
  • Cambogia aeriferata Walker, 1863

Polynesia sunandava is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumbawa, Larat (part of the Tanimbar Islands) and in New Guinea.[2]

Description

Wingspan is about 26mm. Fore wings with non-truncate apex. Body bright yellow. Head marked with rufous. Shaft of antennae whitish. Tegulae with rufous patches irrorated with silvery scales. Wings with rufous-edged silver spots in very ill-defined series, those below the costa of fore wings forming a very ill-defined fascia.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. 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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