Mesocolpia subcomosa

Mesocolpia subcomosa is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on São Tomé.[2]

Mesocolpia subcomosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mesocolpia
Species:
M. subcomosa
Binomial name
Mesocolpia subcomosa
Warren, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Chloroclystis subcomosa

Its forewings are pale greenish wish darker green waved cross-lines. It has a wingspan of 18 millimetres (0.71 in) for the males and 16 millimetres (0.63 in) for the females.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mesocolpia subcomosa Warren 1901". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (23.Oct.2015)
  3. Warren W (1901). "New Thyrididae, Epiplemidae and Geometridae from the Ethiopian region". Novitates Zoologicae. 8: 6–20.


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