Probithia exclusa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Probithia |
| Species: | P. exclusa
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| Probithia exclusa (Walker, 1860)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
- Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)
References
[edit]- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
External links
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