Biology:Poecilasthena

Short description: Genus of moths

Poecilasthena
Poecilasthena anthodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Asthenini
Genus:	Poecilasthena Warren, 1894
Synonyms
Astheniodes Hampson, 1903

Poecilasthena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Species

• unnamed group
  • Poecilasthena aedaea Turner, 1926
  • Poecilasthena balioloma (Turner, 1907)
  • Poecilasthena burmensis Prout, 1926
  • Poecilasthena character Prout, 1932
  • Poecilasthena cisseres Turner, 1933
  • Poecilasthena dimorpha Holloway, 1979
  • Poecilasthena euphylla (Meyrick, 1891)
  • Poecilasthena fragilis Turner, 1942
  • Poecilasthena glaucosa (Lucas, 1888)
  • Poecilasthena inhaesa Prout, 1934
  • Poecilasthena iopolia (Turner, 1926)
  • Poecilasthena ischnophrica Turner, 1941
  • Poecilasthena leucydra Prout, 1934
  • Poecilasthena limnaea Prout, 1926
  • Poecilasthena nubivaga Prout, 1932
  • Poecilasthena oceanias (Meyrick, 1891)
  • Poecilasthena panapala Turner, 1922
  • Poecilasthena paucilinea Warren, 1906
  • Poecilasthena phaeodryas Turner, 1931
  • Poecilasthena pisicolor Turner, 1942
  • Poecilasthena prouti West, 1929
  • Poecilasthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843)
  • Poecilasthena scoliota (Meyrick, 1891)
  • Poecilasthena sthenommata Turner, 1922
  • Poecilasthena subpurpureata (Walker, 1863)
  • Poecilasthena thalassias (Meyrick, 1891)
  • Poecilasthena urarcha (Meyrick, 1891)
• papuensis group
  • Poecilasthena euthecta (Turner, 1904) (alternatively listed under Minoa)
  • Poecilasthena papuensis (Warren, 1906)
• anthodes group
  • Poecilasthena anthodes (Meyrick, 1891)
  • Poecilasthena schistaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Poecilasthena xylocyma (Meyrick, 1891)

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Wikidata ☰ Q3007820 entry