Carbia pulchrilinea

Carbia pulchrilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Carbia
Species: C. pulchrilinea
Binomial name
Carbia pulchrilinea
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia pulchrilinea Walker, 1866
  • Leiocera axis Hampson, 1893
  • Pomasia moniliata Warren, 1893

Carbia pulchrilinea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion and New Guinea, as well as on Borneo, the Mentawai Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.[2] The species is found from lowlands to the upper montane forest zone.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[3] Adults are grey with black dots in the spaces just distal to the postmedial lines on both the fore- and hindwings.

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