Probithia exclusa

Probithia exclusa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sundaland.

Probithia exclusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Probithia
Species:
P. exclusa
Binomial name
Probithia exclusa
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hemerophila exclusa Walker, 1860
  • Hemerophila praetereuns Walker, 1860
  • Psamatodes frenata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Bithia lignaria Walker, 1862

Description

Its wingspan is about 40–46 mm. Both sexes colored. Forewings with a dark lunule on the costa at the postmedial series of specks.=, which is then very oblique and continued on hindwing as an antemedial line. Hindwings with the series of specks medial instead of postmedial. Outer margin of hindwings angled at vein 4 and non-crenulate. Ventral side ochreous, with the markings prominent, rufous, and with waved postmedial and submarginal bands.[1]

Larvae have been reared on Eugenia species.[2]

Subspecies
  • Probithia exclusa exclusa (north-eastern Himalaya, Philippines, Sulawesi)
  • Probithia exclusa lignaria (Sundaland)

References
  1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. "Probithia exclusa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.


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