Probithia exclusa explained

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  2. Web site: Probithia exclusa Walker . The Moths of Borneo . 7 September 2016.