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Oenospila flavifusata is a moth of the family Geometridae.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics to Sundaland.[2]

Oenospila flavifusata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Oenospila
Species:	O. flavifusata
Binomial name
Oenospila flavifusata (Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
Thalera flavifusata Walker, 1861 Thalassodes sinuata Moore, 1867

Generally a green colored moth. Costa whitish and dentate fasciae is dark. Caterpillar yellowish with a dorsal, slender, red double line. Head bifid. Pupation occurs in a cocoon made between two leaves spun together. Host plants include Anacardium, Barringtonia, Memecylon, Eugenia, Syzygium, Nephelium, Chrysophyllum,[3] and recently caterpillars found from Garcinia xanthochymus.[4]

One subspecies recognized.[5]

• Oenospila flavifusata moniliata Warren, 1912

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