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Collix stellata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Collix

Collix stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and northern India.

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The ground color of the forewings is light greyish, the costa thinly covered with dark brown scales. The hindwing ground color is light greyish with blackish transverse lines in the basal, medial and subterminal areas. Adults are on wing from early September to October in Korea and Taiwan and in June in Japan.

The larvae feed on Rapaneae nerifolia and Lacymachia clethroides in Japan.

Subspecies

  • Collix stellata stellata
  • Collix stellata oblitera Prout, 1935 (Java)
  • Collix stellata phaeochiton Prout, 1932 (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo)
  • References

    Collix stellata Wikipedia