Probithia exclusa

Probithia exclusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Probithia
Species:	P. exclusa
Binomial name
	Probithia exclusa; (Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
	Hemerophila exclusa Walker, 1860; Hemerophila praetereuns Walker, 1860; Psamatodes frenata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Bithia lignaria Walker, 1862;

Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sundaland.

Description

Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands.^[1]

Larvae have been reared on Eugenia species.^[2]

Subspecies

Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

External links

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

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