Stegania

Stegania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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)
  • Stegania dalmataria Guenée, 1857
  • Stegania dilectaria (Hubner, 1790)
  • Stegania frixa (Prout, 1937)
  • Stegania mesonephele (Wiltshire, 1967)
  • Stegania ochrearia Bang-Haas, 1910
  • Stegania oranaria (Wehrli, 1930)
  • Stegania postrecta (Wehrli, 1930)
  • Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)
  • Stegania wiltshirei (Ebert, 1965)

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Stegania Guenee 1845". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  • Media related to Stegania at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Stegania at Wikispecies


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