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Dysphania palmyra
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Dysphania palmyra

Dysphania palmyra, the long blue tiger moth or blue day moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

The caterpillar is known to feed on Carallia brachiata and Camellia sinensis. Colouration is very similar to Dysphania percota.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 203834.