Neromia propinquilinea

Neromia propinquilinea is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1920. It is found in Sénégal.

Neromia propinquilinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Neromia
Species:
N. propinquilinea
Binomial name
Neromia propinquilinea
Prout, 1920[1]

It has a wingspan of 27–32 mm. The forewings are bright light green with some scattered metallic-blue scales and with whitish strigulations (fine streaks). The underside is much paler, unmarked and a whitish blue-green. On both wings there is a very faint and minute reddish cell-dot. This species was described from a specimen from Sédhiou.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Neromia propinquilinea Prout L. B., 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Prout, L. B. (1920). "New Geometridae". Novitates Zoologicae. 27: 265–312.