Collix ghosha
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
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| genus = Collix
| species = ghosha
| authority = Walker, 1862{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82863472 |title=Collix ghosha Walker 1862 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803014554/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82863472 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |accessdate=2 August 2018}}
| synonyms =
- Collix dichobathra Prout, 1931
- Collix mayri Prout, 1958
- Collix puncticulata Prout, 1958
- Collix sticticata Warren, 1902
- Collix subligata Warren, 1896
}}
Collix ghosha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka to Queensland, Japan and New Caledonia.[http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_1_1.php The Moths of Borneo]{{cite web |url=http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/Larentiinae/Collix_ghosha_ghosha.html|title=オオサビイロナミシャク Collix ghosha ghosha Walker, 1862|website=Digital Moths of Japan |accessdate=28 September 2016}}
Description
The wingspan of the male is about 28 mm and the female about {{convert|28|-|30|mm}}.{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=26 October 2009 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/ghosha.html |title=Collix ghosha Walker, 1862 |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=2 August 2018}} Palpi with the second joint reaching far beyond the frontal tuft. Mid tibia of the male very much dilated and with a deep groove. Ground color of the body greyish brown. The waved lines are more prominent. A postmedial series of pale specks are more or less developed, and the submarginal series obsolescent. Ventral side whitish. Discocellular spots larger. The postmedial band replaced by a streak series, which at middle almost join the submarginal spots, which form an almost complete band except between veins 3 and 4.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1895 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
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Category:Moths described in 1862
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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