Pasiphilodes viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pasiphilodes
Species:
P. viridescens
Binomial name
Pasiphilodes viridescens
(Warren, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gymnodisca viridescens Warren, 1895
  • Pasiphila viridescens
  • Chloroclystis viridescens

Pasiphilodes viridescens is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Malaysia,[2] New Guinea and possibly Borneo.[3]

The wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). The forewings are green and the hindwings are pale cinereous, with traces of three or four dusky curved fasciae.[4]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron species.

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pasiphilodes viridescens (Warren 1895)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pasiphilodes viridescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  4. ^ W Warren (1895). "New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2: 82–159. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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