Isturgia contexta

Isturgia contexta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Isturgia
Species: I. contexta
Binomial name
Isturgia contexta
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Tephrina contexta Saalmüller, 1891
  • Tephrina caeca Saalmüller, 1891

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

  1. 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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