Melinoessa fulvescens

Melinoessa fulvescens is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, native to Sierra Leone and Gambia.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 as Phalaena fulvata, a name which was pre-occupied (see Cidaria fulvata). The current, slightly different, specific name was given by L. B. Prout in 1916.

Melinoessa fulvescens
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Genus:
Melinoessa
Species:
M. fulvescens
Binomial name
Melinoessa fulvescens
Prout L. B., 1916
Synonyms
  • Phalaena fulvata Drury, 1782
    (preocc. Forster 1771)

Description

Upper Side. Antennae setaceous and yellow. Thorax and abdomen yellow. Wings deep straw-coloured, the anterior having a small black spot placed near the middle of the anterior edges. A small narrow line of a silverish colour runs along the external edges of these wings, beginning near the tips, and continuing along the edges of the posterior ones, ends at the abdominal corners.

Under Side. Breast, legs, and abdomen whiteish. Wings coloured as on the upper side, but dappled with minute reddish streaks. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span somewhat more than 1½ inches (40 mm).[2]

References
  1. AfroMoths (2012). "Melinoessa fulvescens". Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 29. pl. XXI.


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