Idaea tristega

Idaea tristega
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Idaea
Species: I.tristega
Binomial name
Idaea tristega
(Prout, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Sterrha tristega Prout, 1932

Idaea tristega is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern Madagascar.[1]

This species is very variable in size and warmth of the ground-colour. It is tinged reddish to cinnamon-brown with a wingspan of 14-22mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251 - on page 247


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