Locha hyalina

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Locha hyalina
Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Callimorpha Diaphana.jpg
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
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Geometridae
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Species:
L. hyalina
Binomial name
Locha hyalina
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena diaphana Drury, 1782
    (preoccupied)
  • Dioptis hyalina Walker, 1854
  • Locha perspicua Butler, 1876
  • Hyalocampa specularis Warren, 1900

Locha hyalina is a moth species in the family Geometridae from Central and parts of South America. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782, but his name Phalaena diaphana was invalid as pre-occupied (see Eloria diaphana).

Description[]

Upperside: Antennae pectinated (comb like). Thorax brown. Abdomen black, brown above. Wings diaphanous, the edges being bordered with black, a black band also crosses the anterior, from the anterior edges to the lower corners.

Underside: Tongue spiral. Breast and legs black. Abdomen grey. Anus yellowish. Wings coloured on this side as on the upper. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 1+34 inches (44 mm).[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 31. pl. XXII.


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