Gonanticlea

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Gonanticlea
Gonanticlea ochreivittata.jpg
Gonanticlea ochreivittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Gonanticlea

Swinhoe, 1892

Gonanticlea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Swinhoe in 1892.

Description[]

Palpi having second joint reaching well beyond the frontal tuft, where the third joint prominent. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with slightly dentate outer margin below apex and angled at vein 4. Hindwings with slightly angled outer margin at vein 4. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars, which are angled.[1]

Selected species[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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