| Gymnoscelis tristrigosa | |
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| Gymnoscelis tristrigosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. tristrigosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis tristrigosa | |
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Gymnoscelis tristrigosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found from Sri Lanka and Taiwan to Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia. [2]
Its wingspan is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in). Palpi much shorter. Forewings long and narrow, especially in male. Body rufous, slightly with black irrorations (speckles). Head, thorax, and abdomen with black markings. Forewings with diffused black fascia from base of inner margin to the costa at the origin of the postmedial line, which is indistinct and angled at vein 4. The fascia then narrowing and continued above vein 4 to outer margin. Hindwings with a postmedial line highly angled at vein 6. A curved slightly waved submarginal line. [3]
The larvae feed on the young foliage and flowers of Heptapleurum species, often webbing them.
The species belongs to a species complex clustered around Gymnoscelis imparatalis .
Eudocima homaena is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1816. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Nicobars, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and on Christmas Island. It is a major pest on orange plants.
Scopula divisaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Sulawesi.
Eucyclodes gavissima, the Oriental orange banded green geometer moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, western China, Taiwan, Sumatra and Borneo.
Calluga costalis is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea and Queensland.
Ecliptopera muscicolor is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
Spilosoma clava is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman in 1910. It is found in Taiwan.
Hyperythra lutea is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Sundaland.
Scopula pulchellata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from India, Sri Lanka to Taiwan and the Solomon Islands, as well as in Africa.
Ziridava xylinaria, the indistinct carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong and on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and possibly the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Japan.
Eriopithex recensitaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, on Borneo and in the Australian state of Queensland.
Gymnoscelis imparatalis, the flower-looper moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.
Gymnoscelis tibialis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka and on Java.
Gymnoscelis phoenicopus is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1958. It is found on Seram, Sulawesi and Borneo. The habitat consists of lower montane forests.
Gymnoscelis deleta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and probably in Sri Lanka according to Hampson.
Gymnoscelis ectochloros is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka according to Hampson.
Haritalodes polycymalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania and Uganda.
Syllepte elegans is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).
Syllepte macallalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).
Ambia pedionoma is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in the Philippines (Palawan).
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