Idaea poecilocrossa

Idaea poecilocrossa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern Madagascar and on the Seychelles.[1]

Idaea poecilocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Idaea
Species:
I. poecilocrossa
Binomial name
Idaea poecilocrossa
(Prout, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Sterrha poecilocrossa Prout, 1932

This species has a wingspan of 9-13mm. The forewings are narrow with a very long cell; whitish; easily recognizable by its thick sinuous postmedian line placed close to termen and its violet-grey subterminal shading, brown costal edge and fringe. The cell dot is black, median line nearly straight. The hindwings are distally similar to the forewings.[2]

References
  1. afromoths
  2. Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 248


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