Heterorachis asyllaria

Heterorachis asyllaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

Heterorachis asyllaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Heterorachis
Species:
H. asyllaria
Binomial name
Heterorachis asyllaria
(C. Swinhoe, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Prasinocyma asyllaria Warren, 1899

Head, thorax and wings of this species are grass green, forewings with a black spot at the end of the cell and the costal lines ochreous; both wings with the cilia white marked with green. The body is whitish, legs pinkish ochreous, antennae, palpi and frons pinkish ochreous.

The wingspan of this species is 30 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Heterorachis asyllaria (Swinhoe, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Swinhoe, C. (1904). "On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (3): 545.