Eriopithex recensitaria

Eriopithex recensitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eriopithex
Species:	E. recensitaria
Binomial name
Eriopithex recensitaria (Walker, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
Eupithecia recensitaria Walker, 1862 Chloroclystis recensitaria

Eriopithex recensitaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, on Borneo and in Queensland.^[2][3]

Description

The wingspan is about 10-16 mm. Palpi with the second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked at vein 4. Male lack secondary sexual characters on the wings. Body rufous, with rufous suffusion. Fore wings with traces of numerous waved lines. An oblique antemedial line angled in the cell and a postmedial line with blackish suffusion inside it, angled on veins 6 and 4, then oblique. A submarginal waved greyish line found with black marks on it at costa, and on each side of vein 6. Hind wings with round outer margin. Traces of waved lines can be seen. There is a postmedial line angled on vein 4 and a waved greyish submarginal line. Ventral side with curved postmedial and submarginal lines. Hind wings of male on ventrally clothed entirely with rough grey and black scales.^[4]

References

1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Eriopithex recensitaria Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Eriopithex recensitaria (Walker, 1862)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 29 September 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.