Pomasia psylaria
| Pomasia psylaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pomasia |
| Species: | P. psylaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomasia psylaria Guenee, 1857[1] | |
Pomasia psylaria is a moth in the family Geometridae.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka.[3][4]
Description
Wingspan is about 28mm in male and 32mm in female. Body bright rufous. Head, thorax and abdomen banded with greyish white. Fore wings with orange costa, with black patches and strigae. A grey fascia found below the costa. A basal grey spot can be seen. There are six irregularly waved grey lines outlined in black. The veins streaked with grey and black. Outer margin orange, with black patches at veins 2 and 4. Hind wings with a basal grey spot. Five waved greyish lines found with black outlines. The outer margin orange, with a black patch at vein 4. Ventral side is suffused with pale fuscous.[5]
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Pomasia Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ "Pomasia psylaria?". Bio Diversity of Sri Lanka. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ 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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