Idaea orilochia is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.

Idaea orilochia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Idaea
Species:
I. orilochia
Binomial name
Idaea orilochia
(H. Druce, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia orilochia H. Druce, 1893

The forewings and hindwings are very pale fawn colour, slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with fine reddish-brown scales. The forewings have two dark brown spots on the costal margin and a small spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are crossed by a rather wide reddish-brown band and with a reddish-brown streak at the anal angle.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Idaea orilochia (Druce 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  2. ^ Botanicus.org[permanent dead link]