Stegania
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Stegania trimaculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Abraxini |
| Genus: | Stegania Guenée, 1845[1] |
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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". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82842209. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
External links
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Geometridae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q7606660 entry
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