Collix ghosha

Collix ghosha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka to Queensland, Japan and New Caledonia.[2][3]

Collix ghosha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Collix
Species:
C. ghosha
Binomial name
Collix ghosha
Walker, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Collix dichobathra Prout, 1931
  • Collix mayri Prout, 1958
  • Collix puncticulata Prout, 1958
  • Collix sticticata Warren, 1902
  • Collix subligata Warren, 1896

Description

The wingspan of the male is about 28 mm and the female about 28–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in).[4] Palpi with the second joint reaching far beyond the frontal tuft. Mid tibia of the male very much dilated and with a deep groove. Ground color of the body greyish brown. The waved lines are more prominent. A postmedial series of pale specks are more or less developed, and the submarginal series obsolescent. Ventral side whitish. Discocellular spots larger. The postmedial band replaced by a streak series, which at middle almost join the submarginal spots, which form an almost complete band except between veins 3 and 4.[5]

The larvae feed on Ardisia and Embelia species. They prefer the young leaves. The larvae have a rosy-pinkish-green body and a yellow-green head. Pupation takes place in a sparse cocoon which is made in a curled leaf of the host plant.[6]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Collix ghosha Walker 1862". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. "オオサビイロナミシャク Collix ghosha ghosha Walker, 1862". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (26 October 2009). "Collix ghosha Walker, 1862". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (26 October 2009). "Collix ghosha Walker, 1862". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 August 2018.


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