Hyposidra
| Hyposidra | |
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| Hyposidra picaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Hyposidra Guenée, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Hyposidra janiaria Guenée, 1857 | |
Hyposidra is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male usually bipectinated with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia rarely dilated, and fringed with hair. Fore wings of male with fovea. the costa arched towards apex, which is much produced. vein 3 from just before angle of cell. The discocellulars angled below vein 5. Veins 7 to 9 stalked, from before upper angle and curved. Veins 10 and 11 usually stalked. Female with costa evenly arched. The outer margin excised below apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and vein 5 obsolescent. vein 10 and 11 coincident. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell.[1]
Species
Some species of this genus are:
- Hyposidra altiviolescens (Holloway, 1993) — Borneo
- Hyposidra apicifulva (Warren, 1907) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra apioleuca (Prout, 1916) — Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo
- Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, [1863]) — China to Borneo
- Hyposidra castaneorufa (Rothschild 1915) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra incomptaria (Walker, 1866) — Malaysia to Solomons
- Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860) — Himalaya to Taiwan and Sundaland
- Hyposidra janiaria (Guenée, 1857) — Java to Australia
- Hyposidra leucomela (Walker, 1866) — Philippines
- Hyposidra nigricosta (Warren, 1896) — Indonesia/Moluccas
- Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866) — Sundaland
- Hyposidra plagosa (Rothschild, 1915) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra rufosarcuata (Holloway, 1993) — Sumatra & Borneo
- Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860) — India to Solomons
- Hyposidra violescens (Hampson, 1895) — Himalaya to Borneo
Former species
- Hyposidra muscula Bastelberger, 1911
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Holloway. The Moths of Borneo - Part XI.
- lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au
- Markku Savela's ftp.funet.fi
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