Luxiaria

Luxiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Luxiaria
Walker, 1860
Synonyms
  • Bithiodes Warren, 1894
  • Euippe Meyrick, 1886
  • Hypochariessa Turner, 1947
  • Idiotephra Warren, 1899

Luxiaria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi obliquely porrect, where the second joint roughly scaled. Antennae minutely ciliated. Hind tibia of male dilated and with a longitudinal fold containing a ridge of silken hair. Fore wings produced and somewhat acute at apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7,8,9 stalked, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent and vein 11 free.[1]

Selected species

References

  1. 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.
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