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Pyrinia incensata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
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Pyrinia incensata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Brazil (Para).

Adults are bright ochraceous, the wings minutely red-speckled. The exterior line is red, straight, oblique and well defined and the submarginal line is red, indistinct and nearly obsolete in the forewings. The forewings are slightly acute, with a hyaline basal dot. The interior line is red, slight and bent and the exterior line is forked near the costa, where it includes a purplish mark.

References

Pyrinia incensata Wikipedia


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