Corymica

Corymica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Hypochrosini
Genus: Corymica
Walker, 1860
Synonyms
  • Caprilia Walker, 1866
  • Thiopsyche Butler, 1878

Corymica is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi reaching well beyond the frons and fringed with hair. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings of male with a very large fovea of hyaline membrane. The apex acute and somewhat rounded. The outer margin crenulate near apex. Inner margin highly excised from middle to outer angle. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7,8,9 stalked and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and[1] connected with vein 8 and 9. Hindwings with costa excised beyond middle. vein 3 from before angle of cell.

Species

References

  1. 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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.