Glaucoclystis polyclealis

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Glaucoclystis polyclealis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Glaucoclystis
Species:
G. polyclealis
Binomial name
Glaucoclystis polyclealis
(Walker, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Botys polyclealisWalker, 1859
  • Gymnoscelis polyclealis

Glaucoclystis polyclealis is a moth in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka and on Borneo, Java and Bali. [2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 22 mm. The hind tibia has very very minute medial spur pairs. Body fuscous brown with a slight purplish tinge. Palpi and frons jet black. Forewings with broad medial area defined by waved black lines, edged with grey, the outer line produced to an angle at vein 4. There is an indistinct curved submarginal line. Hindwings with traces of sub-basal and medial lines. A postmedial waved line excurved from vein 2 and 4, and with whitish patches on its outer edge below veins 6 and 2. A waved white submarginal line with whitish patch on it at middle. [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Glaucoclystis polyclealis (Walker 1859)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Glaucoclystis Gen. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.