Dasimatia

Dasimatia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Dasimatia subusta, which is found on Sulawesi.[2]

Dasimatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Dasimatia
Warren, 1898
Species:
D. subusta
Binomial name
Dasimatia subusta
Warren, 1898[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are ochreous, speckled and suffused with different shades of brown until the lines starting from olive-brown costal marks. The extreme base of the hindwings is pale, without speckling. There are two dark brown straight antemedian lines, the inner thick and diffuse, the second fine. There are also two dark brown postmedian lines in a brownish shade, the first distinctly and strongly dentate.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Dasimatia Warren 1898". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Chloroclystis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. New Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions


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