Biston pustulata

Biston pustulata
Male, upperside and underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Bistonini
Genus: Biston
Species: B. pustulata
Binomial name
Biston pustulata
(Warren, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Buzura pustulata Warren, 1896

Biston pustulata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China (Hainan), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sundaland.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia mangium and Gliricidia species. They are robust and coarsely mottled pale green (although more bluish grey-green in earlier instars). The head is rugose, dull rufous orange, marked centrally with a darker brown, inverted ā€œVā€.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species
  2. ā†‘ The Moths of Borneo


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