Hemithea marina

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Hemithea marina
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Species:
H. marina
Binomial name
Hemithea marina
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Thalassodes marina Butler, 1878
  • Thalera costipunctata Moore, 1887
  • Hemithea simplex Warren, 1897
  • Iodis pariciliata Fuchs, 1902

Hemithea marina is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1] It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka[2] to Japan, Sundaland, Taiwan,[3] Sulawesi and Seram.

Description[]

It is a small moth with bluish-green wings. Punctate (dotted) white fasciae are distinct. Margin of the wings greenish. The caterpillar is brownish pink with dorsal blackish marks at the edges of the abdominal segments. Head bifid, with conical lobes. Body granular with minute white conical tubercles. There are small faint white and pink lines laterally. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made by debris.[4]

The caterpillar is polyphagous and is known to feed on Acacia, Brassica, Citrus, Glycosmis, Hevea, Lantana camara, Mangifera indica, Memecylon and Tephrosia species.

References[]

  1. ^ "Species Details: Hemithea marina Butler, 1878". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ "Hemithea marina (Butler, 1878) 青顏銹腰尺蛾". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Hemithea marina Butler". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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