Pomasia denticlathrata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pomasia |
Species: | P. denticlathrata
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Binomial name | |
Pomasia denticlathrata
Warren, 1893
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Pomasia denticlathrata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1893. [1] It is found in India (it was described from the Naga Hills), [2] Japan [3] and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 18 to 21 millimetres (0.71 to 0.83 in). Adults are pale yellow, the forewings with about fifteen waved red-brown lines connected by patches of red brown. The hindwings have about eight waved red-brown lines. Both wings have a waved marginal line. [4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Schoepfia species. [5]
Pomasia denticlathrata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Pomasia |
Species: | P. denticlathrata
|
Binomial name | |
Pomasia denticlathrata
Warren, 1893
|
Pomasia denticlathrata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1893. [1] It is found in India (it was described from the Naga Hills), [2] Japan [3] and Taiwan.
The wingspan is about 18 to 21 millimetres (0.71 to 0.83 in). Adults are pale yellow, the forewings with about fifteen waved red-brown lines connected by patches of red brown. The hindwings have about eight waved red-brown lines. Both wings have a waved marginal line. [4]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Schoepfia species. [5]