Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Sterrhinae | |
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Chrysocraspeda abhadraca is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Indian Subregion including India and Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Description
Wingspan is about 20mm in male and 26mm in female. Antennae of male bipectinate to three-fourths length. Hind tibia with two spur pairs. Hind wings with veins 6,7 from angle of cell or on a short stalk. Wings with evenly rounded outer margin. Fore wings with produced and acute apex. Brownish moth. Head, thorax and abdomen suffused with crimson. Metathorax with two white specks. Fore wings with a diffused sub-basal band of pale pink not reaching the costa and with some dark specks on it. A small dark annulus at end of cell. A submarginal diffused pink band with ill-defined waved dark line on it. Hind wings with sub-basal pink dark-edged band. Silvery white discocellular spot. A diffused postmedial band of pink blotches with some darker marks found on it. Cilia of both wings orange colored, whereas ventral side is bright pinkish.
Larva yellowish green and unmarked. Black setae found on reddish black pinacula. A darker dorsal line and rose-brown patches can be seen ventrally. Pupa typically grass-green. Larva are found from Eugenia species.