Carbia pulchrilinea

Carbia pulchrilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Carbia
Species: C. pulchrilinea
Binomial name
Carbia pulchrilinea
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia pulchrilinea Walker, 1866
  • Leiocera axis Hampson, 1893
  • Pomasia moniliata Warren, 1893

Carbia pulchrilinea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka and New Guinea, as well as on Borneo, the Mentawai Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago.[2] The species is found from lowlands to the upper montane forest zone.[3]

Description

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Body fawn colored. Fore wings with double sub-basal, antemedial, and postmedial waved white lines arising from ochreous specks found on the costa. There is a submarginal crenulate white line with four black lunules found on it below apex and a black streak crossing it above inner margin. Hind wings with antemedial and medial waved white lines. Three submarginal lines found with some black specks on them.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Carbia pulchrilinea Walker". jpmoth. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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