Stegania

Stegania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Stegania; Guenée, 1845[1]
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

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Stegania Guenee 1845". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

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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[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. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.