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Ardonis filicata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ardonis

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Ardonis filicata is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and Borneo and Sulawesi.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.

Subspecies

  • Ardonis filicata filicata (north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo)
  • Ardonis filicata mochleutes (Prout, 1958) (Sulawesi)
  • References

    Ardonis filicata Wikipedia