Chiasmia subvaria

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Chiasmia subvaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chiasmia
Species:
C. subvaria
Binomial name
Chiasmia subvaria
(Bastelberger, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gonodela subvariaBastelberger, 1907
  • Gonodela cretiguttataBastelberger, 1909

Chiasmia subvaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Max Bastelberger in 1907. It is found in subtropical Africa and is known from Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. [1]

The basic colour of its wings is yellow brown, crossed by three black-brown transversal lines. The wingspan is 33 mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Chiasmia subvaria (Bastelberger, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 31, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Bastelberger (1907). "Neue afrikanische Geometriden aus meiner Sammlung". Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 1: 157. (in German)