Mnesiloba intentata

Mnesiloba intentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mnesiloba
Species: M. intentata
Binomial name
Mnesiloba intentata
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia intentata Walker, 1866
  • Chloroclystis intentata
  • Eupithecia partitecta Prout, 1931

Mnesiloba intentata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Luzon and New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are green, irrorated with black. The forewings have a slightly curved black subbasal line with two faint lines between it and the medial area, which is thickly irrorated with black, edged by black lines, and has three minutely waved black lines on it. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

References

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