Oenospila flavifusata
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| Oenospila flavifusata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Oenospila |
| Species: | O. flavifusata |
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| Oenospila flavifusata (Walker, 1861) | |
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Oenospila flavifusata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics to Sundaland.[2]
Generally a green colored moth. Costa whitish and dentate fasciae is dark. Caterpillar yellowish with a dorsal, slender, red double line. Head bifid. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made between two leaves spun together. Host plants include Anacardium, Barringtonia, Memecylon, Eugenia, Syzygium, Nephelium, Chrysophyllum,[3] and recently caterpillars found from Garcinia xanthochymus.[4]
One subspecies recognized.[5]
- Oenospila flavifusata moniliata Warren, 1912
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