Pasiphilodes viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Malaysia,[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.[3]

Pasiphilodes viridescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphilodes
Species:
P. viridescens
Binomial name
Pasiphilodes viridescens
(Warren, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gymnodisca viridescens Warren, 1895
  • Pasiphila viridescens
  • Chloroclystis viridescens

The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.[4]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes viridescens (Warren 1895)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pasiphilodes viridescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. The Moths of Borneo
  4. W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159.


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