Eois grataria

Eois grataria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Sundaland and on Christmas Island.[2]

Eois grataria
Eois grataria ab. mediofusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eois
Species:	E. grataria
Binomial name
Eois grataria (Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
Hyria grataria Walker, 1861 Acidalia pallicinctaria Walker, 1863 Amaurinia nubifera Thierry-Mieg, 1915 Eois grataria ab. mediofusca Prout Eois grataria ab. marginata Warren Eois grataria ab. perflava Warren

Taxonomy

Records from Africa (ab. mediofusca) and from the Moluccas eastwards to the Bismarck Archipelago (ab. marginata and ab. perflava) are not conspecific with grataria, since the genitalia of both sexes are distinct.

Description

Its wingspan is about 22–24 mm. Antennae in both sexes bipectinate (comb like on both sides) with long branches to two-thirds of their length. Hindwings with rounded outer margin. Veins 3 and 4 stalked. Body crimson, suffused with purplish fuscous, except on disk of hindwings. Both wings with numerous minutely waved lines. Some bright yellow between two of the postmedial waved lines, coming out as a prominent patch beyond the cell of forewing. Margin and cilia bright yellow intersected by crimson at the angle of each wing. Ventral side pale colored.[3]

The larvae feed on Mallotus species.[4]

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eois grataria (Walker 1861)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
2. "蛾類採集編號". Taiwan moths. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. "Eois grataria Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 October 2016.