- the "Avosetta of the Italians".
Avocets have long legs and long, thin,
upcurved bills which they
sweep from side to side when
feeding in the
brackish or...
- 25–35 m (80–115 ft) tall,
rarely 45 m (150 ft).
Foliage blue-green,
strongly upcurved to
erect on all
except weak,
shaded shoots in the
lower crown;
leaves mostly...
-
diameter up to 1 m (3.3 ft). The
trunk is
vertical and
branches horizontal to
upcurved. The
leaves are needle-like, in
bundles of three,
glaucous gray-green,...
-
light yellow ochreous,
consisting of a
streak from the
middle of the base,
upcurved beneath the
costa to one-fourth, an
irregular oblique transverse fasciate...
- are
arranged spirally on the shoot, but
twisted slightly S-shaped to be
upcurved above the shoot. The
cones are erect, 9–21 cm (3+1⁄2–8+1⁄4 in) long, yellow-green...
- in 1865. It is
found in Sri Lanka.
Labial palps are longer,
slender and
upcurved.
Antennae of male are
fasciculate or ciliate. Pitkin,
Brian & Jenkins,...
-
suffused dark
fuscous streak from the fold at two-fifths of the wing
slightly upcurved to the
costa beyond the middle. A
suffused dark
fuscous streak is found...
-
Compsocryptus by its "moderately short,
straight ovipositor rather than a
longer upcurved one,
axillus vein
closer to anal
margin of hind wing,
front size of areolet...
- are five per
bundle (fascicle),
sometimes four,
spreading to ascending-
upcurved, 1.5 to 3.5 in (4–9 cm) long (rarely up to 4 in), 0.6-1.0 mm in diameter...
-
patch occupying the
apical half of the wing,
including a
light orange upcurved streak from
above the
tornus to the apex, and a
similar terminal streak...
