Ardonis filicata

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Ardonis filicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ardonis
Species:
A. filicata
Binomial name
Ardonis filicata
(C. Swinhoe, 1892) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia filicataC. Swinhoe, 1892
  • Ceratorhynchus deletariusHampson, 1893
  • Chloroclystis mochleutesL. B. Prout, 1958

Ardonis filicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and Borneo and Sulawesi. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ardonis filicata (Swinhoe 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ardonis filicata Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .