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]
| Axinoptera anticostalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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.
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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].