Pasiphilodes viridescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pasiphilodes |
| Species: | P. viridescens
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| Pasiphilodes viridescens | |
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Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Malaysia,[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.[3]
The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.[4]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes viridescens (Warren 1895)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pasiphilodes viridescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ The Moths of Borneo
- ^ W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159.
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