Chloroclystis rubrinotata

Chloroclystis rubrinotata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1893.[1] It is endemic to India.[2]

Chloroclystis rubrinotata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chloroclystis
Species:
C. rubrinotata
Binomial name
Chloroclystis rubrinotata
(Warren, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia rubrinotata Warren, 1893

The wingspan is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in). Adults are green with traces of waved lines on the wings. The forewings have a slight subbasal line and a large rufous quadrate patch on the costal area, bounded on the inner side by an oblique black line, and on outer side by a black line. The hindwings have three indistinct lines on the basal half and a series of prominent black specks on the postmedial line.[3]

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chloroclystis rubrinotata (Warren 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chloroclystis_auctorum rubrinotata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 392 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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