Stegania

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Stegania
Stegania trimaculata.jpg
Stegania trimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Stegania

Synonyms
  • Calomicta Gumppenberg, 1887
  • Eustegania Gumppenberg, 1887
  • Terpnomicta Lederer, 1853

Stegania is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845.

Description[]

The palpi are minute, slender, porrect (extending forward) and hairy. The hind tibia is slightly dilated. Forewings with stalked veins 7, 8 and 9, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent.[2]

Species[]

  • Stegania cararia (Hubner, 1790)
  • Guenée, 1857
  • (Hubner, 1790)
  • (Prout, 1937)
  • (Wiltshire, 1967)
  • Bang-Haas, 1910
  • (Wehrli, 1930)
  • (Wehrli, 1930)
  • Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)
  • (Ebert, 1965)

References[]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Stegania Guenee 1845". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ 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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