Gymnoscelis ectochloros

Gymnoscelis ectochloros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Gymnoscelis
Species:	G. ectochloros
Binomial name
	Gymnoscelis ectochloros; (Hampson, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Eupithecia ectochloros Hampson, 1891;

Gymnoscelis ectochloros is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India[2] and Sri Lanka according to Hampson.

Description

Its wingspan is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in). The hind tibia lack a medial pair of spurs. Palpi reaching far beyond the frons. Forewings are of normal breadth. Male without thick tufts of laden-colored scaled at extremity of mid and hind tibia. Body olive green with black irrorations (speckles). Forewings with rufous broad medial area, irroarted or suffused with black and edges by waved black lines, which are angled on median nervure and vein 4. There is a pale waved submarginal line with rufous area, with a pale diffused patch at middle. Hindwings with rufous area extending to the base. Ventral side fuscous, with cell-spots and curved postmedial line. The green often fades and the moth appears to be rufous and ochroeus in most of the time.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis ectochloros (Hampson 1891)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gymnoscelis ectochloros". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis ectochloros (Hampson 1891)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gymnoscelis ectochloros". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.