Zamarada eucharis
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Zamarada
Species:
Z. eucharis
Binomial name
Zamarada eucharis
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena eucharis Drury, 1782

Zamarada eucharis is a species of moth in the family Geometridae.[1] It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782, from Sierra Leone (not Brazil as mentioned in the original description).[2] It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone[3]

Description

Upperside: Antennae setaceous. Thorax and abdomen brown. Anterior wings greyish yellow, with a single spot placed near the middle, almost close to the anterior edge. Posterior wings of the same colour as the anterior, and like them surrounded with a deep black border.

Underside: Tongue spiral. Legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Wings coloured as on the upper side, the borders being fainter. Margins of the wings entire. Wing span 1+1⁄2 inches (38 mm).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zamarada eucharis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, D. S. (1974). "A revision of the old world genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Bulletin of the British Museum of natural History (Entomology). Supplement 22: 1–498, pls 1–123.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 32. pl. XXII.


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