Poecilasthena cisseres

Poecilasthena cisseres
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Poecilasthena
Species:	P. cisseres
Binomial name
Poecilasthena cisseres Turner, 1933[1]

Poecilasthena cisseres is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia, including Victoria.

Original description

“	Female, 28 mm. Head grey-whitish; face brownish; fillet white. Palpi under 1: brown-whitish. Antennae whitish. Thorax dull bluish-green. Abdomen dull bluish-green; apex whitish; underside pale grey. Legs pale fuscous; posterior pair whitish. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, moderately oblique; dull bluish-green with white markings; costal edge grey throughout; antemedian line from 1/3 costa to 3/8 dorsum, slightly curved outwards, slender, indistinct towards costa; postmedian from 2/3 costa to 5/8 dorsum, stronger, slightly outwardly curved, becoming sinuate towards dorsum; cilia pale grey. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; as forewings but lines more approximated. Very distinct, but nearest Poecilasthena euphylla. Victoria: Moe, in February; one specimen.	”
	— Original description by Alfred Jefferis Turner

References

1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• lepbarcoding.org
• New Australian Lepidoptera (1933)