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Organopoda carnearia

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Organopoda carnearia is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan,[1] Indonesia,[2] Sri Lanka[3] and Taiwan.[4]

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Organopoda carnearia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Organopoda
Species:
O. carnearia
Binomial name
Organopoda carnearia
(Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Anisodes carnearia Walker, 1861
  • Organopoda himalaica Prout, 1938
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Description

The wingspan is about 27–36 mm. Pinkish-rufous moth with a fuscous tinge. Frons bright chestnut colored. Vertex of head and shaft of antennae whitish. Forewings with a fuscous fascia below costa. There are irregularly waved fuscous antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal lines, where the two latter bent inwards below vein 2. A dark discocellular speck present. Hindwings with fuscous edged white annulus at end of cell. An irregularly waved postmedial line present. Ventral side pinkish.[3]

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