Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gymnoscelis | |
Gymnoscelis roseifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Wingspan is about 20mm. In male, head, thorax, and abdomen olive-green, with slightly marked black color. Fore wings with green basal half, mostly suffused with black in the form of diffused sub-basal and antemedial bands. Medial area is pale pinkish with two faint waved lines on it and bounded by a waved fuscous and grey line. The postmedial area green. A fuscous and grey waved submarginal line, and the area beyond it pinkish with a pale spot at middle. Hind wings similar. The pink area extending to the base and with a minute discocellular speck. The pale spot small. Ventral side fuscous, with curved postmedial line.
References
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