Axinoptera subcostalis

Axinoptera subcostalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Axinoptera
Species: A. subcostalis
Binomial name
Axinoptera subcostalis
Hampson, 1893[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis subcostalis

Axinoptera subcostalis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are olive-brown, the wings slightly irrorated with black and with traces of numerous waved lines.[3]

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: .
  3. George F. (George Francis) Hampson. Moths (Volume 3)
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