Polynesia truncapex

Polynesia truncapex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Polynesia
Species: P. truncapex
Binomial name
Polynesia truncapex
Swinhoe, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Placotome truncapex

Polynesia truncapex is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Peninsular Malaysia and Bali.[2]

Adults have primrose-yellow wings marked with punctate red fasciae.

References

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