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Pomasia reticulata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pomasia

Pomasia reticulata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Burma (Mergui Island) and on Peninsular Malaysia (Penang) and Borneo. The habitat primarily consists of coastal areas.

Adults are bright orange, the head, thorax and abdomen spotted with black. The forewings have double subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial and submarginal waved dark lines connected by blotches. The antemedial, medial, postniedial and submarginal double waved lines on the hindwings have a few blotches. There is a dentate line close to the margin and two spots on the margin.

References

Pomasia reticulata Wikipedia