Kingdom Animalia Family Geometridae Genus Hyperythra Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Hyperythra lutea is a member of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Indian Subregion, Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Sundaland.
Description
Wingspan of male is 36mm. Males with costa of hind wings highly arched. A very long tuft of hair found from base of cell lying in a fold above vein 6. The cell very short and open. Male yellowish, suffused with pink and striated with fuscous. Some white found on palpi and shaft of antennae. Fore wings with indistinct antemedial line angled below costa. Medial and postmedial ill-defined, slightly curved pinkish bands. Hind wings with similar narrow antemedial and broad postmedial bands, the latter with one or two black marks on it below costa. Underside bright yellowish, with area beyond the postmedial line more or less completely colored pink. Fore wings with a whitish patch below apex. The pink suffusion of upper and underside varies greatly in extent.
Wingspan of female is 38-46mm. Female much brighter yellow with three lines to fore wing and two to hind wing replacing the bands and usually prominent. Head and body of larva are finely granulate. Body cylindrical, and pale greyish with black rims. The larvae feed on Gouania species.