Erastria

Erastria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Erastria; Hübner, 1813
Synonyms
	Catopyrrha Hübner, 1823; Euchlidon Hübner, 1823; Petrodava Walker, 1863; Syrrhodia Hübner, 1823; Trosthis Hübner, 1821;

Erastria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, found primarily in tropical and subtropical climates in Africa and Asia.^[1] The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1813.

Description[]

Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head, where the second joint clothed with long hair below, and third joint prominent. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax roughly scaled but tuftless. Abdomen with strong dorsal tufts, and shorter than the hindwings. Forewings with long and narrow areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell. Legs naked. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.^[2]

Selected species[]

(Hübner, 1825)
(Walker, 1860)
(Warren, 1895) (from South Africa)
(Walker, 1863) (from subtropical Africa)
(Warren, 1914)
(Prout, 1926)
(Cramer, 1779) (from India)
Erastria coloraria (Fabricius, 1798)
(Walker)
Erastria cruentaria (Hübner, 1796–99)
(Warren, 1901)
Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, 1823)
(Hübner, 1806)
(Barnes & McDonough, 1916)
(Viette, 1970)
(Warren, 1903)
(Warren, 1903)
(Swinhoe, 1899) (from India)
(Butler, 1875) (from subtropical Africa)
(Swinhoe, 1904) (from subtropical Africa)
(Prout, 1926)
(Boisduval, 1833) (from subtropical Africa)
(Swinhoe, 1904) (from Ethiopia)
(Oberthür, 1912) (from Senegal)
(Swinhoe, 1898) (from India)
(Butler, 1880) (from India)
(Neumoegen, 1881)

References[]

^ Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 569.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Gunathilagaraj Kandasamy (2016). Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number.docx. - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Erastria Hübner, 1813". Afromoths. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Erastria Hübner, 1813". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

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[1] Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 569.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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