Dysphania sagana

Yellow moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dysphania
Species: D. sagana
Binomial name
Dysphania sagana
(Druce, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euschema sagana Druce, 1882
  • Euschema selangora Swinhoe, 1893
  • Dysphania isolata Warren, 1902

Dysphania sagana, the yellow moth, is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in southern Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.

The basal half of the forewings is chrome-yellow, while the outer half is bluish black, crossed by two bands of semitransparent white spots. The hindwings are chrome-yellow with a black spot at the end of the cell. The apex and a submarginal row of spots are black. The head, thorax and abdomen are yellow.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Carallia species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dysphania at funet
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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