Chiasmia fidoniata

Chiasmia fidoniata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Pakistan, India, Thailand and China (Hong Kong).

Chiasmia fidoniata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chiasmia
Species:
C. fidoniata
Binomial name
Chiasmia fidoniata
(Guenee, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Macaria fidoniata Guenee, 1858
  • Tephrina arenaria Swinhoe, 1885
  • Macaria cacavena Walker, 1861
  • Tephrinopsis lineata Warren, 1899
  • Chiasmia fidoneata

The wingspan is 28 mm for the wet season form and 25 mm for the dry season form. The antemedial and medial lines of the forewings are broadened into nearly straight bands and there is some fuscous suffusion beyond the postmedial line. The marginal area is suffused with fuscous. The wet season form has a black spot on the postmedial band at the middle, while the dry season form has not. The hindwings have a straight antemedial and broad postmedial band, as well as a black spot at the end of the cell.[1]

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