Pseudoterpna

Pseudoterpna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudoterpna
Hübner, [1823][1]

Pseudoterpna is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi porrect, the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the sharp frontal tuft, where the third joint naked and varying in length. Hind tibia of male usually dilated and typically ending in a slight process on upperside and with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and two pairs of short spurs. Abdomen with short spreading dorsal tufts on medial segments. Both wings with crenulate margin. Fore wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Vein 5 from below upper angle and vein 6 from angle. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked and vein 11 free or anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings long and vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from near upper angle and vein 7 from before angle.[2]

Species

References

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  1. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. 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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