Locha hyalina

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Locha hyalina
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Illustration by Dru Drury
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Locha
Species:
L. hyalina
Binomial name
Locha hyalina
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena diaphanaDrury, 1782
    (preoccupied)
  • Dioptis hyalinaWalker, 1854
  • Locha perspicuaButler, 1876
  • Hyalocampa specularisWarren, 1900

Locha hyalina is a moth species in the family Geometridae from Central and parts of South America. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782, but his name Phalaena diaphana was invalid as pre-occupied (see Eloria diaphana ).

Description

Upperside: Antennae pectinated (comb like). Thorax brown. Abdomen black, brown above. Wings diaphanous, the edges being bordered with black, a black band also crosses the anterior, from the anterior edges to the lower corners.

Underside: Tongue spiral. Breast and legs black. Abdomen grey. Anus yellowish. Wings coloured on this side as on the upper. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 1+34 inches (44 mm). [1]

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References

  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 31. pl. XXII.