''Dysphania sagana'' is
moth
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species in the family
Geometridae
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first described by Druce in 1882. It is yellow and black and is found in southern
Vietnam
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,
Cambodia
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,
Thailand
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,
Peninsular Malaysia
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,
Sumatra
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, and
Borneo
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.
Description
The basal half of the forewings is chrome yellow, while the outer half is bluish black, crossed by two bands of semitransparent white spots. The hindwings are chrome yellow with a black spot at the end of the cell. The apex and a submarginal row of spots are black. The head, thorax and abdomen are yellow.
The
larva
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e have been recorded feeding on ''
Carallia'' species.
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File:Dysphaniasagana.jpg, In Sihanoukville, Cambodia
See also
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Dysphania militaris
''Dysphania militaris'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae that is found from in the tropical regions of South and Southeast Asian countries such as China, India, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Sumatra and Java. It was first described by Ca ...
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Dysphania percota
''Dysphania percota'', the blue tiger moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae that can be found in India. It was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891.
Description
It is similar to '' Dysphania palmyra'', but differs in the whole apical a ...
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Dysphania subrepleta
''Dysphania subrepleta'' is a species of false tiger moth (genus ''Dysphania'') in the subfamily Geometrinae. Records are from Indo-China and western Malesia including Borneo, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life, where it is a "pro ...
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References
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Moths described in 1882
Geometrinae