Probithia exclusa

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Probithia exclusa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Probithia
Species:
P. exclusa
Binomial name
Probithia exclusa
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila exclusaWalker, 1860
  • Hemerophila praetereunsWalker, 1860
  • Psamatodes frenataFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Bithia lignariaWalker, 1862

Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sundaland.

Description

Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands. [1]

Larvae have been reared on Eugenia species. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.