Larvae feed on pine (Podocarpaceae, Araucariaceae etc.), so also called as “pine moth”. Body and wing Color black. Wingspan length 54 - 59 mm, wings metallic sapphire blue, fore- and hind-wing with a wide orange banding stripes, and several black round spots on the orange stripes of hind wings. Adults appear in May - September. A diurnal species. Distribution: throughout the low altitude mountains in Taiwan.
 

Category：type specimen
Chinese name：橙帶藍尺蛾
Scientific name：Milionia zonea (M .pryeri) (Druce, 1888)
English name：Geometrid moth
Author：Shipher Wu

Department and graduate Institute of Entomology
National Taiwan University