Gymnoscelis acutipennis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1902. It is endemic to Kenya.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. acutipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis acutipennis | |
Description
editThe species 26 millimetres (1.0 in) long with grey to green forewings. It have a very small basal patch and broad central fascia which is black in colour. Head, abdomen, and thorax are all pale green while the rings on the abdomen are black.[3]
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis acutipennis Warren 1902". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Gymnoscelis acutipennis Warren, 1902". Afromoths. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ Walter Rothschild; Ernst Hartert; Jordan K (1905). "A Journal of Zoology". Novitates Zoologicae. 9: 508–509.