Gymnoscelis tibialis
| Gymnoscelis tibialis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Gymnoscelis |
| Species: | G. tibialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoscelis tibialis (Moore, 1887)[1] | |
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Gymnoscelis tibialis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka and on Java.[2]
Description
Wingspan is about 20mm. Male with thick tufts of leaden-colored sacles at extremity of mid and hind tibia. Body brownish olive. The medial area of fore wings suffused with fuscous. The postmedial line of fore wings straight and oblique from costa to the angle of vein 4.[3]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mangifera species.
References
- ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ The Moths of Borneo
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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