Collix stellata

Collix stellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Collix
Species: C. stellata
Binomial name
Collix stellata
Warren, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Collix griseipalpis Wileman, 1916
  • Collix relocata Prout, 1932

Collix stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and northern India.

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The ground color of the forewings is light greyish, the costa thinly covered with dark brown scales. The hindwing ground color is light greyish with blackish transverse lines in the basal, medial and subterminal areas. Adults are on wing from early September to October in Korea and Taiwan and in June in Japan.

The larvae feed on Rapaneae nerifolia and Lacymachia clethroides in Japan.[2]

Subspecies

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. A New Record of Collix stellata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea
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