Probithia exclusa
Species of moth
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Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sundaland.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Probithia |
| Species: | P. exclusa |
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| Probithia exclusa (Walker, 1860) | |
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Description
Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands.[1]
Subspecies
- Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
- Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)