Gymnoscelis roseifascia

Gymnoscelis roseifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Gymnoscelis
Species:	G. roseifascia
Binomial name
	Gymnoscelis roseifascia; (Hampson, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
	Dolerosceles roseifascia Hampson, 1893;

Gymnoscelis roseifascia is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). In the male, the head, thorax, and abdomen are olive green, with slightly marked black color. Forewings with green basal half, mostly suffused with black in the form of diffused sub-basal and antemedial bands. Medial area is pale pinkish with two faint waved lines on it and bounded by a waved fuscous and grey line. The postmedial area green. A fuscous and grey waved submarginal line, and the area beyond it pinkish with a pale spot at middle. Hindwings similar. The pink area extending to the base and with a minute discocellular speck. The pale spot small. Ventral side fuscous, with curved postmedial line.[3]

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References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis roseifascia (Hampson 1893)". 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 roseifascia". 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.

External links

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis roseifascia (Hampson 1893)". 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 roseifascia". 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.