Collix stellata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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|image = 緣白星波尺蛾 Collix stellata Warren, 1894 (15345005804).jpg

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|image2 = 緣白星波尺蛾(腹面) Collix stellata Warren, 1894 (ventral) (15779993490).jpg

|image2_caption = Ventral view

|genus = Collix

|species = stellata

|authority = Warren, 1894

|synonyms =

  • Collix griseipalpis Wileman, 1916
  • Collix relocata Prout, 1932

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Collix stellata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1894.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82868970 |title=Collix stellata Warren 1894 |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324195920/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82868970 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |accessdate=26 April 2013}} It is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and northern India.

The wingspan is {{convert|26|–|28|mm}}. Adults are on wing from early September to October in Korea and Taiwan and in June in Japan.

The larvae feed on Rapanea nerifolia and Lysimachia clethroides in Japan.{{cite journal|url=http://central.oak.go.kr/repository/journal/10897/DMBRBT_2011_v27n2_164.pdf|author=Sei-Woong Choi|author2=Sang-Hyun Na|title=A New Record of Collix stellata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea|journal=The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology |volume=27|issue=2|pages=164–166|date=July 2011|format=PDF|issn=2233-7687|doi=10.5635/KJSZ.2011.27.2.164|doi-access=free}}

Subspecies

  • Collix stellata stellata
  • Collix stellata oblitera Prout, 1935 (Java)
  • Collix stellata phaeochiton Prout, 1932 (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo)

References