Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eupithecia | |
Eupithecia costalis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is widespread in the tropical and subtropical lowland regions of east and south-east Asia, from Taiwan to India, Sri Lanka Borneo, Borneo, to Hong Kong.
Description
Wingspan is about 22mm. Palpi with second joint reaching far beyond the frontal tuft. Fore wings with no tuft of raised scales on discocellulars. In female, body cinereous white. The palpi, head, collar and fore legs bright rusty. Abdomen with a rusty band on first segment. Fore wings with rusty costa. Some fuscous found on sub-costal nervure. A waved sub-basal dark line and double dark-edged pale antemedial and postmedial bands can be seen. Postmedial bands are excurved beyond cell, denatate outwards on veins 6 and 4, and inwards below vein 2. Two irregularly dentate medial lines present. The outer area rusty, turning to brown at the margin. A pale waved submarginal line. Hind wings with four waved lines on basal half. A double dark-edged postmedial pale band incurved beyond cell. Both wings with fine marginal line.