Psilocerea dysonaria

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Psilocerea dysonaria
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P. dysonaria
Binomial name
Psilocerea dysonaria
C. Swinhoe, 1904
Synonyms
  • Psilocera dysonaria

Psilocerea dysonaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Madagascar. [1]

Its wingspan is 43.2 mm.

The original description by Swinhoe from 1904 is: [2]

Pale uniform grey with a pinkish tinge irrorated with chestnut-brown atoms; the markings also chestnut-brown; a double straight band from apex of fore-wings, where there is a dark suffused space, to the middle of the abdominal margin of hind-wings, the interior space of the double band is whitish and there is a whitish edging on the outer side of it; on the outer margin of both wings there is some red-brown suffusion; under-side as above but paler.

Expanse of wings 1.7/10 inches.

Hab. Madagascar (Cowan).

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Psilocerea dysonaria Swinhoe, 1904". Afromoths. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. Swinhoe, Charles (1904). "On the Geometridae of Tropical Africa in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904: 521.