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Dindica polyphaenaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Taiwan,[2] the Himalayas, south-east Asia and Sundaland.

Dindica polyphaenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Dindica
Species:	D. polyphaenaria
Binomial name
Dindica polyphaenaria (Guenée, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
Hypochroma polyphaenaria Guenée, 1857 Dindica basiflavata Moore, 1868

The wingspan is 45–52 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on the young foliage of Litsea species. They are leaf green with subdorsal yellow-white and lateral white lines over the abdominal segments and with obscure, oblique white lines between them. There is also a narrowish yellow ventral stripe with similar oblique yellow lines between it and the lateral line. Pupation takes place in a folded and spun together leaf.[4]

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