Dindica virescens

Dindica virescens is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Japan.[2]

Dindica virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Dindica
Species:
D. virescens
Binomial name
Dindica virescens
(Butler, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bylazora virescens Butler, 1878
  • Pseudoterpna koreana Alphéraky, 1897
  • Dindica virescens yuwanina Kawazoe & Ogata, [1963]

The wingspan is 35–42 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Lindera species.[4]

References
  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dindica virescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. "ウスアオシャク Dindica virescens (Butler, 1878)". Japanese Moths.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Dindica virescens Butler²". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 16, 2019.


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