Symmacra | |
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Symmacra solidaria ochrea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Symmacra Warren, 1896 |
Species: | S. solidaria
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Binomial name | |
Symmacra solidaria (Guenée, 1858)
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Symmacra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1896. Its only species, Symmacra solidaria, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Borneo east to Fiji, Samoa and Australia.
Its wingspan is about 2 cm.[3] The adult has dull olive-green wings with faint transverse fasciations. In the hindwing, a discal mark consists or a centrally broken fine white bar.[4]
Four subspecies are recognized:[5]