Limbatochlamys rosthorni

Limbatochlamys rosthorni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Limbatochlamys
Species: L. rosthorni
Binomial name
Limbatochlamys rosthorni
Rothschild, 1894[1]

Limbatochlamys rosthorni is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan).[2]

The length of the forewings is 28–37 mm for males and 38 mm for females. The forewings are olive-green, the costal area with a greyish-yellow band, speckled with black, and in some areas with greyish red. The hindwings are greyish-yellow, the basal area of the hind margin and the outer marginal area with some greyish green, dotted with black.

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  1. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. Hong-Xiang Han, Anthony Galsworthy & Da-Yong Xue, 2005, Zoological Studies 44 (2): 191-199


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