Hyposidra

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Hyposidra
Hyposidra picaria (Geometridae Annominae Boarmiini).jpg
Hyposidra picaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Hyposidra

Guenée, 1857
Type species
Guenée, 1857

Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Description[]

Palpi hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male usually bipectinate (comb like on both sides) with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia rarely dilated and fringed with hair. Forewings 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. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell.[1]

Species[]

Some species of this genus are:

  • (Holloway, 1993) — Borneo
  • (Warren, 1907) — New Guinea
  • Hyposidra apioleuca (Prout, 1916) — Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo
  • Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, [1863]) — China to Borneo
  • (Rothschild 1915) — New Guinea
  • (Walker, 1866) — Malaysia to Solomons
  • Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860) — Himalaya to Taiwan and Sundaland
  • (Guenée, 1857) — Java to Australia
  • (Walker, 1866) — Philippines
  • (Warren, 1896) — Indonesia/Moluccas
  • Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866) — Sundaland
  • (Rothschild, 1915) — New Guinea
  • (Holloway, 1993) — Sumatra & Borneo
  • Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860) — India to Solomons
  • Hyposidra violescens (Hampson, 1895) — Himalaya to Borneo

Former 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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