Biology:Polynesia (moth)
Polynesia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Asthenini |
Genus: | Polynesia Swinhoe, 1892[1] |
Synonyms | |
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Polynesia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Species are found throughout India , Sri Lanka and Andaman Islands.
Description
Palpi slender, obliquely upturned, and reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Hind tibia of male with a terminal pair of small spurs. Female with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Vein 6 from or from above angle of cell. Veins 7,8,9,10 and 11 stalked from upper angle, or with a minute areole at their base. Hindwings with the outer margin produced to points at veins 7 and 4. The cell very short. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 on long stalks. Vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 8 form close to end of cell, and then much curved.[2]
Species
- Polynesia curtitibia Prout, 1922
- Polynesia sunandava (Walker, 1861)
- Polynesia truncapex Swinhoe, 1892
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Polynesia Swinhoe 1892". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82846837.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polynesia (moth). |
- 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 ☰ Q7226610 entry
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