Hypochrosis hyadaria is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae described by Achille Guenée in 1857. The species has a wide range from India, Sri Lanka[1] through Southeast Asia.
| Hypochrosis hyadaria | |
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| Hypochrosis hyadaria bebaea from Malaya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hypochrosis |
| Species: | H. hyadaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée, 1857
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Description
editThe wingspan of the male is 52 mm and the female's is 64 mm. Palpi porrect (extending forward), and do not reach beyond the frons. The body is a pale red, with a purplish tinge and with dark stria. Frons chestnut. Forewings with an oblique antemedial line and a small annulus at end of cell. An oblique postmedial line highly angled below apex, where it encloses a greyish lunule, running to middle of inner margin of hindwing but obsolete on costal area of hindwing, which is paler. The area between the lines of forewing often pale towards costa. Ventral side is rufous or orange yellow, often with an outer area of forewing rufous.[2]
The species is a complex of species that are very similar in wing pattern, and can only be differentiated exactly by male genitalia differences.[3]
Subspecies
edit- H. h. annulata (Pagenstecher, 1896) — Philippines, Sulawesi
- H. h. bebaea (Prout, 1932) — Southeast Asia, Borneo
- H. h. korndoerfferi (Snellen, 1877) — Sumatra, Java, Bali
- H. h. lubricata (Warren, 1899) — Flores, Sumbawa
- H. h. subaurantiaca (Warren, 1896) — Timor
- H. h. form. stigmata (Smetacek, 2004) — Kumaun Himalayas[4]
References
edit- ^ "NuwanChathuranga photos". Project Noah. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Hypochrosis hyadaria Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Smetacek, Peter, 2004: Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from the Kumaon Himalaya. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society ust; 101(2): 269-276