Microcalicha minima is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by the English entomologist William Warren in 1896.[1]
Microcalicha minima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Microcalicha |
Species: | M. minima
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Binomial name | |
Microcalicha minima Warren, 1896
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Description
editIt is a small dark brown moth, similar in appearance to Lophobates mesotoechia but it has pale fawn and brown patches subapically at the costa of the forewing between the postmedial and submarginal, and tornus on the hindwing.
Distribution
editIt occurs in Borneo, Sumatra, and the north-eastern Himalayas.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Savela, Markku (January 20, 2019). "Microcalicha minima (Warren, 1896)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 30, 2020.