Ardonis filicata

Ardonis filicata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Ardonis
Species:	A. filicata
Binomial name
	Ardonis filicata; (C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Synonyms
	Eupithecia filicata C. Swinhoe, 1892 ; Ceratorhynchus deletarius Hampson, 1893 ; Chloroclystis mochleutes L. B. Prout, 1958 ;

Ardonis filicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and Borneo and Sulawesi.^[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.^[3]

Subspecies[edit]

Ardonis filicata filicata (north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo)
Ardonis filicata mochleutes (Prout, 1958) (Sulawesi)

References[edit]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ardonis filicata (Swinhoe 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ardonis filicata Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[edit]

Original description: Swinhoe, Charles (1892). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 1-2.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ardonis filicata (Swinhoe 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[2] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ardonis filicata Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 15, 2019.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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