Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dysphania | |
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Similar Dysphania, Dysphania militaris, Dysphania percota, Carallia, Geometrinae | ||
Dysphania sagana, the yellow moth, is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in southern Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
The basal half of the forewings is chrome-yellow, while the outer half is bluish black, crossed by two bands of semitransparent white spots. The hindwings are chrome-yellow with a black spot at the end of the cell. The apex and a submarginal row of spots are black. The head, thorax and abdomen are yellow.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Carallia species.
References
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