Idaea poecilocrossa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern Madagascar and on the Seychelles.[1]
Idaea poecilocrossa | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Idaea |
Species: | I. poecilocrossa
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Binomial name | |
Idaea poecilocrossa (Prout, 1932)
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This species has a wingspan of 9-13mm. The forewings are narrow with a very long cell; whitish; easily recognizable by its thick sinuous postmedian line placed close to termen and its violet-grey subterminal shading, brown costal edge and fringe. The cell dot is black, median line nearly straight. The hindwings are distally similar to the forewings.[2]
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