Limbatochlamys rosthorni

Limbatochlamys rosthorni is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan).[2]

Limbatochlamys rosthorni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Limbatochlamys
Species:
L. rosthorni
Binomial name
Limbatochlamys rosthorni

The length of the forewings is 28–37 mm for males and 38 mm for females. The forewings are olive green, the costal area with a greyish-yellow band, speckled with black, and in some areas with greyish red. The hindwings are greyish yellow, the basal area of the hind margin and the outer marginal area with some greyish green, dotted with black.

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. Hong-Xiang Han, Anthony Galsworthy & Da-Yong Xue, 2005, Zoological Studies 44 (2): 191-199


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