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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Ardonis |
| Species: | A. filicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardonis filicata (C. Swinhoe, 1892)[1]
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Ardonis filicata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and Borneo and Sulawesi.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are green. The forewings have a black patch on the base of the costa and irregular black antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. The hindwings have a curved black antemedial line.[3]
Subspecies
- Ardonis filicata filicata (north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo)
- Ardonis filicata mochleutes (Prout, 1958) (Sulawesi)
References
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ardonis filicata (Swinhoe 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ardonis filicata Swinhoe comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. p. 393 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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- Original description: Swinhoe, Charles (1892). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 1-2.
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