''Timandra convectaria'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

and China. The larvae feed on '' Polygonum perfoliatum''.Mile-A-Minute Weed info
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Subspecies

*''Timandra convectaria convectaria'' *''Timandra convectaria baguionis'' (Prout, 1938)

References

Moths described in 1861 Timandrini Moths of Japan {{Sterrhinae-stub