Eois lunulosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eois |
| Species: | E. lunulosa
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Eois lunulosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and Taiwan.
Description
[edit]Its wingspan is about 22–26 mm. Antennae in both sexes bipectinate (comb like on both sides) with long branches to two-thirds of their length. Hindwings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3 and 4 stalked. Vertex of the head chestnut colored as well the frons. The shaft of the antennae are whitish. Collar crimson. Forewings with a sub-costal crimson fascia. Both wings with many of the waved lines obsolescent, and medial and postmedial lines more developed. There is an ill-defined marginal crimson band with a purplish-silvery patch at outer angle.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Eois lunulosa lunulosa nominate (Sri Lanka)
- Eois lunulosa duplicilinea (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eois lunulosa (Moore 1887)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eois lunulosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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