Plutodes flavescens (Suyoga Sikkimensis) - Sikkim Moth

Plutodes flavescens (Suyoga Sikkimensis)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim,

Date: October 25, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:             Animalia

Phylum:               Arthropoda

Class:                    Insecta

Order:                  Lepidoptera

Family:                 Geometridae

Genus:                  Plutodes

Species:                 P. flavescens

Binomial name:    Plutodes flavescens (Butler, 1880)

Other Names: Suyoga Sikkimensis

Special feature:  It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and on Borneo, Sumatra and Java