Drepanogynis bifasciata
Appearance
Sargasso Emerald | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Drepanogynis |
Species: | D. bifasciata
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Binomial name | |
Drepanogynis bifasciata (Dewitz, 1881)
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Synonyms | |
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Drepanogynis bifasciata, the Sargasso Emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1881. It is found in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe.[1][2]
Description
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"Forewing 13-16mm. Thorax green, abdomen brown; forewings green, marked with 2 wide, meandering white lines (edged with brown in some specimens) and white ring between, margins with white flashes, sometimes brown between these; hindwings white basally with central brown cell spot, wide light brown margin often chequered brown and white." (Staude et al., 2023, p. 206)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Drepanogynis bifasciata (Dewitz, 1881)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Drepanogynis bifasciata African Moths". africanmoths.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ Staude, Hermann; Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles (2023). Southern African Moths and Their Caterpillars. Struik Nature. p. 206. ISBN 978 1 77584 795 3.