Organopoda carnearia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Organopoda
Species:
O. carnearia
Binomial name
Organopoda carnearia
(Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Anisodes carnearia Walker, 1861
  • Organopoda himalaica Prout, 1938

Organopoda carnearia is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan,[1] Indonesia,[2] Sri Lanka and Taiwan.[3]

Description

The wingspan is about 27-36 mm. Pinkish rufous moth with a fuscous tinge. Frons bright chestnut colored. Vertex of head and shaft of antennae whitish. Fore wings with a fuscous fascia below costa. There are irregularly waved fuscous antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal lines, where the two latter bent inwards below vein 2. A dark discocellular speck present. Hind wings with fuscous edged white annulus at end of cell. An irregularly waved postmedial line present. Ventral side pinkish.[4]

References

  1. ^ Japanese Moths
  2. ^ Organopoda carnearia - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. ^ "此為 Organopoda carnearia carnearia". Taiwan Moths. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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