Rhodostrophia tremiscens Prout, 1918

Cui, Le, Xue, Dayong & Jiang, Nan, 2019, Description of two new species of Rhodostrophia Hübner, 1823 from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), Zootaxa 4563 (2), pp. 337-353 : 345

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5940742
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scientific name	Rhodostrophia tremiscens Prout, 1918
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Rhodostrophia tremiscens Prout, 1918 View in CoL

Rhodostrophia tremiscens Prout, 1918 View in CoL , Novit. zool., 25: 77. Syntypes 2 ♁, China (west): Sichuan (south), Nanchuen (NHM).

Diagnosis. The species is similar to R. bisinuata on external characters. However, the wings are broader and darker; the transverse lines of the wings are darker and thinner; the antemedial line of the forewing is absent, but it is distinct in R. bisinuata ; the medial line of the forewing is more sinuous; the postmedial line is less wavy than in R. bisinuata ( Prout (1934 –1939), p. 25, pl. 4: b).

Distribution. China (Sichuan).