Dysphania militaris
| Dysphania militaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Dysphaniini |
| Genus: | Dysphania |
| Species: | D. militaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysphania militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Dysphania militaris is a species of moth of the Geometridae family that is found from in the tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia. It flies during the day and because of its bright colours is often mistaken for a butterfly. Several similar species occur in the region and some are very closely related. Dysphania alloides described from the Andaman Islands was originally considered a subspecies.[1][2]
Larvae have been reported to feed on Carallia sp., Kandelia candel and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa plants.[3]
References
- ↑ Prout, Louis R. (1916). "New Indo-Australian Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae 23: 191–227.
- ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1915). Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Band 12: Die Indoaustralischen Spanner (in German). Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen. p. 63.
- ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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