Stegania

Short description: Genus of moths

Stegania

Stegania trimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Tribe:  | Abraxini
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.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. "Stegania Guenee 1845". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82842209. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
2. ↑ 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.

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