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Isturgia contexta

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Isturgia contexta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Isturgia
Species:
I. contexta
Binomial name
Isturgia contexta
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Tephrina contexta Saalmüller, 1891
  • Tephrina caeca Saalmüller, 1891

Isturgia contexta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar and Comoros.

The length of the forewings is 12 to 16mm. The wings are whitish/ochreous-grey ground colour with darker clusting. Underside is cream-white. The antennae of the male are bipectinated, female antennae are ciliated.[1]

Biology

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Specimen of this species have been collected from sea level up to 1200m, during the whole year except September.

References

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  1. ^ Krüger, 2001, A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Entomology Series 70: 1-502