Eumelea rosalia

Eumelea rosalia
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eumelea
Species: E. rosalia
Binomial name
Eumelea rosalia
(Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rosalia Stoll, 1781
  • Phalaena vulpenaria Stoll, 1782
  • Phalaena gravidata Fabricius, 1794
  • Ametris punicearia Hübner, 1825
  • Eumelea flavata Moore, 1887
  • Eumelea olivacea Hampson, 1891
  • Eumelea degener Warren, 1894
  • Eumelea sanguinata Warren, 1895
  • Eumelea sangirensis Warren, 1896
  • Eumelea sanguinata australiensis Warren, 1897
  • Eumelea aurigenaria Warren, 1899
  • Eumelea rosalia attenuata Prout, 1921
  • Eumelea rosalia ditona Prout, 1927
  • Eumelea rosalia cacuminis Prout, 1931

Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, east to northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Description

The males are generally rather redder than the females.[1] The wingspan of male is about 50 mm and female with 60 mm. Body bright yellow with crimson color thickly irrorated. Fore wings with indistinct antemedial, medial and submarginal crimson bands. Hind wings with medial and submarginal bands. Ventral side is with more prominent crimson bands.[2]

Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus and Clinostigma species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)". Butterfly house. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eumelea rosalia Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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