Problepsis deliaria
Problepsis deliaria is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in Sri Lanka.[2]
| Problepsis deliaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Problepsis |
| Species: | P. deliaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Problepsis deliaria | |
Description
The Problepsis deliaria wingspan is about 46 mm and the antennae of male is bipectinated, with stiff branches. With a simple apex and nearly pure white, the sides of its palpi and vertex of head are black. This moth has an abdomen and both forewings tinged with fuscous.
A large olive oval ocellus is found at the end of the cell, featuring a ring of raised silver scales on it, whereas greyish center, and two black specks below the center. Below the ocellus is a silver-ringed fulvous spot; a silver fascia found on inner margin. The hindwings contains an elongate oval fuscous mark on the discocellulars and below the cell, with a ring of silver scales on it.
Also, there is a silver fascia present on the inner margin. Both wings have a waved and curved fuscous postmedial band, along a more prominent maculate band beyond it, and a series of spots just inside the margin. A marginal fuscous line and a line through cilia can also be seen.[3]
References
- Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Problepsis deliaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.