Axinoptera anticostalis
Appearance
Axinoptera anticostalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Axinoptera |
Species: | A. anticostalis
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Binomial name | |
Axinoptera anticostalis Galsworthy, 1999[1][failed verification]
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Axinoptera anticostalis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Hong Kong, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, mainland Japan, north-eastern India and Bhutan.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for both males and females. The ground colour of the wings is grey.
The larvae possibly feed on Glochidion species.
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Axinoptera Hampson 1893". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017.
- ^ Galsworthy, A.C., 1999: New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(3): 223-234. Abstract and full article: [1].