Ardonis filicata

Ardonis filicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Ardonis
Species: A. filicata
Binomial name
Ardonis filicata
(Swinhoe, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia filicata Swinhoe, 1892
  • Ceratorhynchus deletarius Hampson, 1893
  • Chloroclystis mochleutes Prout, 1958

Ardonis filicata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and Borneo and Sulawesi.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.[3]

Subspecies

References

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