Eumelea rosalia

Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, east to northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Eumelea rosalia
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Eumelea
Species:
E. rosalia
Binomial name
Eumelea rosalia
(Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rosalia Stoll, 1781
  • Phalaena vulpenaria Stoll, 1782
  • Phalaena gravidata Fabricius, 1794
  • Ametris punicearia Hübner, 1825
  • Eumelea flavata Moore, 1887
  • Eumelea olivacea Hampson, 1891
  • Eumelea degener Warren, 1894
  • Eumelea sanguinata Warren, 1895
  • Eumelea sangirensis Warren, 1896
  • Eumelea sanguinata australiensis Warren, 1897
  • Eumelea aurigenaria Warren, 1899
  • Eumelea rosalia attenuata Prout, 1921
  • Eumelea rosalia ditona Prout, 1927
  • Eumelea rosalia cacuminis Prout, 1931

Description

The males are generally rather redder than the females.[1] The wingspan of the male is about 50 mm and the female 60 mm. Body bright yellow thickly irrorated with crimson. Forewings with indistinct antemedial, medial and submarginal crimson bands. Hindwings with medial and submarginal bands. Ventral side is with more prominent crimson bands.[2]

Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus and Clinostigma species.[3]

References
  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (4 February 2017). "Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Eumelea rosalia Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.


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