Neromia picticosta
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Neromia picticosta |
Neromia picticosta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Madagascar.
It has a wingspan of 22 mm. The wings are dull bluish green, irrorated (sprinkled) with white. The face is dark red, the thorax and abdomen dorsally green.[2]
This species was described from a specimen from Antananarivo.
References[]
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Neromia picticosta Prout L. B., 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Prout, Louis B. (1913). "Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae Tring. 20: 388–442. ISSN 0950-7655.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1913
- Geometrinae
- Moths of Madagascar
- Endemic fauna of Madagascar
- Geometrinae stubs