Eucrostes
| Eucrostes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eucrostes Hübner, [1823] |
| Type species | |
| Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789) | |
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Eucrostes is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi reaching just beyond the frons and roughly scaled. Antennae of male bipectinated for two-thirds length. Hind tibia with one spur pair in both sexes. Fore wings with veins 3,4 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with frenulum absent. The outer margin rounded. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked.[1]
Species
- Eucrostes astigmatica Prout L. B., 1916
- Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863)
- Eucrostes disparata (Walker, 1861)
- Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789) (Mediterranean)
- Eucrostes pygmaea Rebel, 1907
- Eucrostes rhodophthalma Prout L. B., 1912
- Eucrostes rufociliaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Eucrostes solivaga Herbulot, 1972
Former species
- Eucrostes kafebera Swinhoe, 1894 (from India)
References
- ↑ 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.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Eucrostes at funet
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (12.Dec.2014)
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