Gymnoscelis admixtaria
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| taxon = Gymnoscelis admixtaria
| authority = (Walker, 1862){{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82874894 |title=Gymnoscelis admixtaria (Walker 1862) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031821/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82874894 |archive-date=July 31, 2018 |accessdate=July 30, 2018}}
| synonyms =
- Eupithecia admixtaria Walker, 1862
- Chloroclystis admixtaria
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Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka,{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_22_15.php |title=Gymnoscelis admixtaria Walker comb. n.|website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=29 September 2016}} India and Japan.[http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/Larentiinae/Gymnoscelis_admixtaria.html Japanese Moths]
Description
The wingspan is about {{convert|16|mm}} in the male and {{convert|20|mm}} in the female. Palpi with second joint reaching slightly beyond the frons. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell or shortly stalked with vein 4. Males lack secondary sexual characteristics on the wings. Adults are rufous with a slight olive tinge. The forewings have indistinct waved lines on the basal area and some black on the base of the costa. The hindwings have a diffused black subbasal line and traces of a medial line. A postmedial line sharply angled at vein 4, and with diffused black and rufous inside it. The outer area with a more distinct olive tinge and a pale waved submarginal line.{{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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