Biology:Bylazora (moth)
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Bylazora Walker, [1863]
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Bylazora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1]
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward) and hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Hindlegs with a tuft of long hair from femoro-tibial joint. Wings with crenulate outer margin. Forewings short and broad. Costa arched at base. Male with a fovea. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from near upper angle. Vein 10 and 11 stalked and anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell.[2]
Species
- Bylazora infumata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
- Bylazora licheniferata Walker, [1863]
- Bylazora pilicostata Walker, 1862
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Bylazora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=231783.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. pp. 253-224. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/283/mode/1up.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5004126 entry
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