Chesias

Short description: Genus of moths

Chesias

Chesias rufata
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Tribe:  | Chesiadini
Genus:  | Chesias
Treitschke, 1825

Chesias is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Treitschke in 1825.[1]

## Selected species

* Chesias angeri Schawerda, 1919
* Chesias capriata Prout, 1904
* Chesias isabella Schawerda, 1915
* Chesias legatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - the streak
* Chesias linogrisearia Constant, 1888
* Chesias rhegmatica Prout, 1937
* Chesias rufata (Fabricius, 1775) - broom-tip

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Chesias Treitschke, 1825". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/chesias/. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

* 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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