Parasthena

Parasthena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Asthenini
Genus: Parasthena
Warren, 1902
Species: P. flexilinea
Binomial name
Parasthena flexilinea
Warren, 1902[1]
Synonyms
  • Hydrelia flexilinea

Parasthena is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Parasthena flexilinea, which is found on Sulawesi, the Philippines and Borneo and possibly on Seram and Papua New Guinea.[2]

The ground colour of the wings is pale grey-brown with fine grey-brown fasciation and black discal spots.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  2. DAYONG XUE and MALCOLM J. SCOBLE (2002). A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71 , pp 77-133 doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044
  3. The Moths of Borneo
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