Family Geometridae | Genus Eumelea Rank Species | |
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Similar Comostola, Scopula, Crambidae | ||
Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, east to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Description
The males are generally rather redder than the females. The wingspan of male is about 50 mm and female with 60 mm. Body bright yellow with crimson color thickly irrorated. Fore wings with indistinct antemedial, medial and submarginal crimson bands. Hind wings with medial and submarginal bands. Ventral side is with more prominent crimson bands.
Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus and Clinostigma species.
References
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