Pomasia reticulata

Pomasia reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pomasia
Species: P. reticulata
Binomial name
Pomasia reticulata
Hampson, 1895[1]

Pomasia reticulata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Burma (Mergui Island) and on Peninsular Malaysia (Penang) and Borneo.[2] The habitat primarily consists of coastal areas.

Adults are bright orange, the head, thorax and abdomen spotted with black. The forewings have double subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial and submarginal waved dark lines connected by blotches. The antemedial, medial, postniedial and submarginal double waved lines on the hindwings have a few blotches. There is a dentate line close to the margin and two spots on the margin.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
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