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Organopoda carnearia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Organopoda carnearia

Similar
  
Cyclophora, Sterrhinae, Scopula

Organopoda carnearia is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Description

The wingspan is about 27-36 mm. Pinkish rufous moth with a fuscous tinge. Frons bright chestnut colored. Vertex of head and shaft of antennae whitish. Fore wings with a fuscous fascia below costa. There are irregularly waved fuscous antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal lines, where the two latter bent inwards below vein 2. A dark discocellular speck present. Hind wings with fuscous edged white annulus at end of cell. An irregularly waved postmedial line present. Ventral side pinkish.

References

Organopoda carnearia Wikipedia