Biology:Dasyuris
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Dasyuris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1868.[1][2] The type species of this genus is Dasyuris partheniata by original designation.[1] It has been stated that this genus is in need of revision.[3]
Description
Guenée originally described this genus as follows:
Antennae of the ♂ simple, granulated, scarcely pubescent. Palpi moderately long, connivent in form of a beak, hairy, the joints distinct. Haustellum robust. Body thick, velvety. Thorax robust, broad, hairy ; abdomen scaly, banded, laterally velvety, truncated at the apex. Legs long, scaly, spurs robust ; tarsi spiny. Wings stout, entire, with long fringes, the markings similar on both pairs, colours bright, even on the under-side.[2]
Species
Species within this genus are as follows:[1]
- Dasyuris anceps (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris anceps grisescens Dugdale, 1988
- Dasyuris austrina Philpott, 1928
- Dasyuris callicrena (Meyrick, 1883)
- Dasyuris catadees Prout, 1939
- Dasyuris enysii (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris fulminea Philpott, 1915
- Dasyuris hectori (Butler, 1877)
- Dasyuris leucobathra Meyrick, 1910
- Dasyuris micropolis Meyrick, 1929
- Dasyuris octans Hudson, 1923
- Dasyuris partheniata Guenée, 1868
- Dasyuris pluviata Hudson, 1928
- Dasyuris strategica (Meyrick, 1883)
- Dasyuris transaurea Howes, 1912
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 , pp. 177, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , pp. 91-92, Wikidata Q104214297 BHL page 48393828
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- ↑ , pp. 10, Wikidata Q54783104
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