Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gymnoscelis | |
Gymnoscelis ectochloros is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka according to Hampson.
Description
Wingspan is about 22mm. Hind tibia lack medial pair of spurs. Palpi reaching far beyond the frons. Fore wings are of normal breadth. Male without thick tufts of laden-colored scaled at extremity of mid and hind tibia. Body olive green with black irrorations. Fore wings with rufous broad medial area, irroarted or suffused with black and edges by waved black lines, which angled on median nervure and vein 4. There is a pale waved submarginal line with rufous area, with a pale diffused patch at middle. Hind wings with rufous area extending to the base. Ventral side fuscous, with cell-spots and curved postmedial line. The green color often fades and the moth appears to be rufous and ochroeus in most of the time.