Pyrinia incensata
| Pyrinia incensata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pyrinia |
| Species: | P. incensata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrinia incensata Walker, 1863
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Pyrinia incensata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is found in Pará, Brazil.
Adults are bright ochraceous, the wings minutely red speckled. The exterior line is red, straight, oblique and well defined and the submarginal line is red, indistinct and nearly obsolete in the forewings. The forewings are slightly acute, with a hyaline (glass-like) basal dot. The interior line is red, slight and bent and the exterior line is forked near the costa, where it includes a purplish mark.[2]
References
- ^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.