Probithia exclusa

Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sundaland.

Probithia exclusa
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P. exclusa
Binomial name
Probithia exclusa
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila exclusa Walker, 1860
  • Hemerophila praetereuns Walker, 1860
  • Psamatodes frenata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Bithia lignaria Walker, 1862

Description

Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands.[1]

Larvae have been reared on Eugenia species.[2]

Subspecies

  • Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
  • Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)

References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


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