Eumelea
| Eumelea | |
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| Eumelea rosalia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Desmobathrinae |
| Genus: | Eumelea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 |
Eumelea is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Description
Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Vein 6,7 stalked.[1]
Species
- Eumelea biflavata Warren, 1896
- Eumelea djingga Sommerer, 1995
- Eumelea duponchelii (Montrouzier, 1856)
- Eumelea feliciata Guenée, 1857
- Eumelea florinata Guenée, 1857
- Eumelea genuina Kirsch 1877
- Eumelea ludovicata Guenée, 1857
- Eumelea obesata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Eumelea parda Sommerer, 1995
- Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, [1781])
- Eumelea rubrifusa Warren, 1896
- Eumelea stipata Turner, 1930
- Eumelea unilineata Warren, 1897
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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