Isturgia contexta
| Isturgia contexta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Isturgia |
| Species: | I. contexta |
| Binomial name | |
| Isturgia contexta (Saalmüller, 1891) | |
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Isturgia contexta is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Madagascar and Comoros.
The length of the forewings is 12 to 16mm,The wings are whitish/ochreous-grey ground colour with darker clusting. Underside is cream-white. The antennaes of the male are bipectinated, female antennaes are ciliated.[1]
Biology
Specimen of this species have been collected from sea level up to 1200m, during the whole year except September.
References
- ↑ Krüger, 2001, A revision of the tribe Macariini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Entomology Series 70: 1-502
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