Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Bistonini | |
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Similar Biston bengaliaria, Biston mediolata, Biston quercii, Biston melacron, Biston marginata | ||
Biston pustulata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in China (Hainan), southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sundaland.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia mangium and Gliricidia species. They are robust and coarsely mottled pale green (although more bluish grey-green in earlier instars). The head is rugose, dull rufous orange, marked centrally with a darker brown, inverted “V”.
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