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Eumelea rosalia
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Eumelea
Species:	E. rosalia
Binomial name
Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, )
Synonyms
Phalaena rosalia Stoll, 1781 Phalaena vulpenaria Stoll, 1782 Phalaena gravidata Fabricius, 1794 Ametris punicearia Hübner, 1825 Eumelea flavata Moore, 1887 Eumelea olivacea Hampson, 1891 Eumelea degener Warren, 1894 Eumelea sanguinata Warren, 1895 Eumelea sangirensis Warren, 1896 Eumelea sanguinata australiensis Warren, 1897 Eumelea aurigenaria Warren, 1899 Eumelea rosalia attenuata Prout, 1921 Eumelea rosalia ditona Prout, 1927 Eumelea rosalia cacuminis Prout, 1931

Eumelea rosalia is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, east to northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Description

The males are generally rather redder than the females. The wingspan of the male is about 50 mm and the female 60 mm. Body bright yellow thickly irrorated with crimson. Forewings with indistinct antemedial, medial and submarginal crimson bands. Hindwings with medial and submarginal bands. Ventral side is with more prominent crimson bands.

Larvae have been recorded on Mallotus and Clinostigma species.

References

1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (4 February 2017). "Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. "Eumelea rosalia Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

• Final instar caterpillar and metamorphosis of Eumelea ludovicata

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• Moths described in 1781
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