Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gymnoscelis | |
The Flower-looper moth, (Gymnoscelis imparatalis), is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.
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Description
The wingspan is about 18 mm. Palpi with the second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked at vein 4. Male lack secondary sexual characters on the wings. Adults are ochreous, suffused with dark brown and rufous. Wings with faint traces of waved lines. A double curved postmedial line present, where the area beyond it is paler, with dark streaks on fore wings below costa and on each side of vein 5, and patches at outer angle of fore wings and apex of hind wings. There is a dentate submarginal line most prominent on hind wings.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the young foliage and flowers of Mangifera, Tabernaemontana, Hodgsonia, Cinnamomum, Cassia, Fagraea, Memecylon, Pittosporaceae plants, Citrus and Nephelium species.