https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Doratoptera_nicevilleiDoratoptera nicevillei - Revision history2026-08-18T10:38:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doratoptera_nicevillei&diff=497606&oldid=prevKurtisDelapena9: Made Pg.2026-03-31T13:41:47Z<p>Made Pg.</p>
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| taxon = Doratoptera nicevillei<br />
| authority = [[George Hampson|Hampson]], 1895<br />
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'''''Doratoptera nicevillei''''' is a species of moth in the family [[Geometridae]] native to India ([[Sikkim]])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tocchawng |first=Lalsiampuii |last2=Smetacek |first2=Peter |date=2019-12-31 |title=New Record of Doratoptera nicevillei (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) in Mizoram, India |url=http://www.bnhsjournal.in/index.php/bnhs/article/view/132659 |journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |pages=140–141 |doi=10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/132659 |issn=2454-1095|doi-access=free }}</ref> and [[Bhutan]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue: Volume 1|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Geometrid_Moths_of_the_World_A_Catalogue/HOz7EAAAQBAJ|publisher=BRILL|date=2023-03-20|isbn=978-90-04-54200-6|first=Malcolm J.|last=Scoble|pp=5}}</ref> first described by [[George Francis Hampson]] in 1895.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
It is a large moth with a wingspan of 60mm, a pale ochre color and a brownish head.<ref name="hampson1895">{{Cite book|title=Moths|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Moths/AY4HAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=1895|first=George Francis|last=Hampson|pp=138}}</ref> Both wings are moderately robust, very glossy, and whitish-ochre in color. The forewing has pale golden-brown streaks on the [[costal margin]], veins, and intercostal spaces, which become finer at the folds.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Description of the Hitherto Known Macrolepidoptera, in Collaboration with Well-known Specialists|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Macrolepidoptera_of_the_World/zs8wAQAAMAAJ|publisher=A. Kernan|date=1912|first=Adalbert|last=Seitz|pp=30}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Moths described in 1895]]<br />
[[Category:Lepidoptera of India]]<br />
[[Category:Ennominae]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by George Hampson]]</div>KurtisDelapena9