Venusia (moth)

Short description: Genus of moths

Venusia

Venusia cambrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Tribe:  | Asthenini
Genus:  | Venusia
Curtis, 1839[1]
Synonyms

* Discoloxia Warren, 1895

Venusia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1839.[2]

## Species

* Venusia accentuata (Prout, 1914)
* Venusia albinea (Prout, 1938)
* Venusia apicistrigaria (Djakonov, 1936)
* Venusia balausta Xue, 1999
* Venusia biangulata (Sterneck, 1938)
* Venusia blomeri (Curtis, 1832)
* Venusia brevipectinata Prout, 1938
* Venusia cambrica Curtis, 1839
* Venusia comptaria (Walker, 1860)
* Venusia conisaria Hampson, 1903
* Venusia crassisigna Inoue, 1987
* Venusia dilecta Yazaki, 1995
* Venusia distrigaria (Boisduval, 1833)
* Venusia eucosma (Prout, 1914)
* Venusia inefficax (Prout, 1938)
* Venusia kasyata Wiltshire, 1966
* Venusia kioudjrouaria Oberthür, 1893
* Venusia laria Oberthür, 1893
* Venusia lilacina (Warren, 1893)
* Venusia limata Inoue, 1982
* Venusia lineata Wileman, 1916
* Venusia maniata Xue, 1999
* Venusia marmoraria (Leech, 1897)
* Venusia megaspilata (Warren, 1895)
* Venusia naparia Oberthür, 1893
* Venusia nigrifurca (Prout, 1926)
* Venusia obliquisigna (Moore, 1888)
* Venusia ochrota Hampson, 1903
* Venusia pallidaria Hampson, 1903
* Venusia paradoxa Xue, 1999
* Venusia pearsalli (Dyar, 1906)
* Venusia phasma (Butler, 1879)
* Venusia planicaput Inoue, 1987
* Venusia punctiuncula Prout, 1938
* Venusia purpuraria (Hampson, 1895)
* Venusia scitula Xue, 1999
* Venusia semistrigata (Christoph, 1881)
* Venusia sikkimensis (Warren, 1893)
* Venusia syngenes Wehrli, 1931
* Venusia tchraria Oberthür, 1893
* Venusia violettaria Wehrli, 1931
* Venusia yasudai Inoue, 1987

## Status unclear

* Venusia participata (Sauter, 1869), described as Eupithecia participata from East Prussia. It is sometimes attributed to Grentzenberg instead of Sauter.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Venusia Curtis 1839". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82837969.
2. ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). Venusia Curtis, 1839. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=30336.0. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Venusia participata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=228101.

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