Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gymnoscelis | |
Similar Gymnoscelis, Larentiinae, Eupithecia | ||
Gymnoscelis tristrigosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from Sri Lanka and Taiwan to Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia.
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Description
Wingspan is about 22m. Palpi much shorter. Fore wings long and narrow, especially in male. Body rufous, slightly with black irrorations. Head, thorax, and abdomen with black markings. Fore wings with diffused black fascia from base of inner margin to the costa at origin of the postmedial line, which is indistinct and angled at vein 4. The fascia then narrowing and continued above vein 4 to outer margin. Hind wings with a postmedial line highly angled at vein 6. A curved slightly waved submarginal line.
The larvae feed on the young foliage and flowers of Heptapleurum species, often webbing them.
Taxonomy
The species belongs to a species complex clustered around Gymnoscelis imparatalis.