Eois lunulosa

Eois lunulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eois
Species:	E. lunulosa
Binomial name
Eois lunulosa (Moore, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
Pseudasthena lunulosaMoore, 1887 Pseudasthena ochraceaWarren, 1894 Chrysocraspeda duplicilineaWileman, 1911

Eois lunulosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka ^[2] and Taiwan.

Description

Its wingspan is about 22–26 mm. The antennae in both sexes is bipectinate (comblike on both sides) with long branches to two-thirds of their length. It has hindwings with rounded outer margins. Veins 3 and 4 are stalked. Vertex of the head as well as the frons are chestnut colored. The shaft of the antennae are whitish. Collar is crimson coloured. Forewings with a sub-costal crimson fascia. Both wings with many of the waved lines obsolescent, and medial and postmedial lines more developed. An ill-defined marginal crimson band has a purplish-silvery patch at outer angle. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Eois lunulosa lunulosanominate (Sri Lanka)
• Eois lunulosa duplicilinea(Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eois lunulosa (Moore 1887)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eois lunulosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.