Axinoptera anticostalis

Axinoptera anticostalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Axinoptera
Species: A. anticostalis
Binomial name
Axinoptera anticostalis
Galsworthy, 1999[1]

Axinoptera anticostalis is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Hong Kong, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, mainland Japan, north-eastern India and Bhutan.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for both males and females. The ground colour of the wings is grey.

The larvae possibly feed on Glochidion species.

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  2. Galsworthy, A.C., 1999: New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(3): 223-234. Abstract and full article: .
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