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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Ennominae > Macariini > Chiasmia

Chiasmia nora (Walker,[1861])

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Very similar to Chiasmia eleonora.

Differs in black suffusion especially beyond the medial band of both wings. Forewings with a black speck at the end of the cell. Hindwings with black patches beyond the band more numerous. A white patch found on the outer area below vein 4. (Hampson, 1895).

References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs, #3236, pg 203
  2. Khramov, P. Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera).  http://lepidoptera.pro/taxonomy/63076 [accessed 18 Aug 2015]
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website).  http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=274507 [accessed 10 Sep 2015]

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Anonymous. 2022. Chiasmia nora (Walker,[1861]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.21. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355255/Chiasmia-nora
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