Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Axinoptera | |
Axinoptera subcostalis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Male with a tuft of black hair on hind tibia just before the terminal spurs. Fore wings with bent costa upwards and highly angled close to the base, a fold on upperside from the angle of costa to near apex, containing rough rufous scales. Vein 7 from the angle of cell, which is short, where the posterior wall of areole being absent. Adults are olive-brown, the wings slightly irrorated with black and with traces of numerous waved lines. Palpi black. Metathorax and abdomen with black markings. Fore wings with black at bae of costa. A dentate black antemedial line can be seen. A prominent postmedial line angled at vein 4, and with black streaks beyond it inside the waved grey submarginal line. The sub-costal fold found in male, which is bright rufous in color. Hind wings suffused with rufous to the prominent curved slightly sinous black postmedial line. A diffused waved black submarginal line found with white spot beyond it at middle.