Oenospila flavifusata

Description

Oenospila flavifusata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Oriental tropics to Sundaland. Generally a green colored moth. Costa whitish and dentate fasciae is dark. Caterpillar yellowish with a dorsal, slender, red double line. Head bifid. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made between two leaves spun together. Host plants include Anacardium, Barringtonia, Memecylon, Eugenia, Syzygium, Nephelium, Chrysophyllum, and recently caterpillars found from Garcinia xanthochymus. One subspecies recognized. - Oenospila flavifusata moniliata Warren, 1912