Chloroclystis spissidentata

Chloroclystis spissidentata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1893. It is found in Sikkim, India.[2]

Chloroclystis spissidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Chloroclystis
Species:
C. spissidentata
Binomial name
Chloroclystis spissidentata
(Warren, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Iramba spissidentata Warren, 1893

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in). Adults are fuscous, thickly speckled with small ochreous white spots. There are numerous indistinct waved lines on the wings.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chloroclystis spissidentata (Warren 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chloroclystis auctorum spissidentata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. pp. 395–396 – via Google Books.


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