Cassyma

Short description: Genus of moths

Cassyma

Cassyma chrotadelpha from Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Arthropoda

Class:  |

Insecta

Order:  |

Lepidoptera

Family:  |

Geometridae

Subfamily:  |

Ennominae

Tribe:  |

Cassymini

Genus:  |

Cassyma

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857

Type species
Cassyma sciticincta

Walker, [1863]

Synonyms

* Ingena Walker, [1863]

Cassyma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. Its species are found primarily in South and Southeast Asia.[1]

## Species

* Cassyma amplexaria (Walker, 1862)
* Cassyma chrotadelpha Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
* Cassyma chrotodon (Prout, 1925)
* Cassyma deletaria (Moore, 1888)
* Cassyma electrodes Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
* Cassyma erythrodon Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
* Cassyma indistincta (Moore, 1887)
* Cassyma lucifera (Warren, 1903)
* Cassyma pallidula Warren, 1896
* Cassyma quadrinata Guenée, 1857
* Cassyma sciticincta (Walker, 1863)
* Cassyma undifasciata (Butler, 1892)

## References

1. ↑ Tentarelli, Eric (2012). A Guide to Insects. Blackwell. p. 545.

* Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016). "Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number". Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
* Savela, Markku. "Cassyma Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/cassyma/.
* 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.

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