Heterorachis asyllaria

Heterorachis asyllaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Genus:	Heterorachis
Species:	H. asyllaria
Binomial name
	Heterorachis asyllaria; (C. Swinhoe, 1904)
Synonyms
	Prasinocyma asyllaria Warren, 1899;

Heterorachis asyllaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

Head, thorax and wings of this species are grass green, forewings with a black spot at the end of the cell and the costal lines ochreous; both wings with the cilia white marked with green. The body is whitish, legs pinkish ochreous, antennae, palpi and frons pinkish ochreous.

The wingspan of this species is 30 mm.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Heterorachis asyllaria (Swinhoe, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
Swinhoe, C. (1904). "On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (3): 545.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Heterorachis asyllaria (Swinhoe, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[2] Swinhoe, C. (1904). "On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (3): 545.