Organopoda

Organopoda
Organopoda carnearia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Tribe:Rhodostrophiini
Genus:Organopoda
Hampson, 1893

Organopoda is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1893.

Description

The antennae of the male are serrate (saw-tooth shaped) and fasciculate (bundled). Forewings with vein 10 given off from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then again with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole. Hind tibia of male much aborted and modified as a sensory organ. A large tuft of long hair from base of tibia, the distal portion of which is much modified in shape and has only the terminal spur pairs. The inner spur taking the form of a hollow vesicle which is black inside, with an aperture near its base. The first two joints of tarsi bent, and produced outwards into a thin curved corneous (horn-like) wing, forming a shield overlying and protecting the modified spur, the terminal joint of tarsus and ungues very minute.[1]

Species

  • Organopoda acerbata Prout, 1938
  • Organopoda acmaea Prout, 1938
  • Organopoda annulifera (Butler, 1889) India[1]
  • Organopoda atrisparsaria Wehrli, 1924
  • Organopoda brevipalpis Prout, 1926
  • Organopoda carnearia (Walker, 1861) Sri Lanka[1]
  • Organopoda cnecosticta Prout, 1932
  • Organopoda hadra Prout, 1938
  • Organopoda olivescens Warren, 1896
  • Organopoda orbata Warren, 1907
  • Organopoda perorbata Prout, 1937
  • Organopoda subbrunnea Warren, 1897

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Organopoda Hampson 1893". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved August 1, 2018.


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