Isturgia contexta
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Isturgia |
Species: | I. contexta
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Binomial name | |
Isturgia contexta (Saalmüller, 1891)
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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
[edit]Specimen of this species have been collected from sea level up to 1200m, during the whole year except September.
References
[edit]- ^ 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