Heterostegane ruberata

Heterostegane ruberata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

Heterostegane ruberata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Heterostegane
Species:
H. ruberata
Binomial name
Heterostegane ruberata
(Mabille, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Lomographa synclines Prout, 1932
  • Stegania ruberata Mabille, 1900

It has a wingspan of 17–18 mm. The forewings are rather broad with the apex round-pointed, whitish buff, coarsely and profusely irrorated with ochraceous-tawny. The underside is pale, with slight suffusions but without irrorations.[2]

References
  1. afromoths
  2. Prout, L. B. 1932e. New exotic Geometridae. – Novitates Zoologicae 38(1):103–126 – page 126


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