Biology:Hemithea
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Short description: Genus of moths
Hemithea | |
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Hemithea aestivaria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Hemitheini |
Genus: | Hemithea Duponchel, 1829 |
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Hemithea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829. In 1999 there were about 31 species in the genus.[1]
Description
Palpi reaching just beyond the frons in male, long in female. Antennae of male usually ciliated. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on three segments. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 free. Hindwings with angled outer margin at vein 4. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.[2]
Species
- Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1789) – common emerald
- Hemithea antigrapha Prout, 1917
- Hemithea aquamarina Hampson, 1895
- Hemithea insularia Guenée, 1857
- Hemithea krakenaria Holloway, 1996
- Hemithea marina (Butler, 1878)
- Hemithea melalopha Prout, 1931
- Hemithea neptunaria Holloway, 1996
- Hemithea nigriparmata Prout, 1935
- Hemithea notospila Prout, 1917
- Hemithea obscurata (Warren, 1896)
- Hemithea ochrolauta (Warren, 1894)
- Hemithea pellucidula (Turner, 1906)
- Hemithea poseidonaria Holloway, 1996
- Hemithea sequestrata (Prout 1917)
- Hemithea subaurata Warren, 1899
- Hemithea subflavida Warren, 1896
- Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863)
- Hemithea undifera (Walker, 1861)
- Hemithea viridescentaria (Motschulsky, [1861])
- Hemithea wuka (Pagenstecher, 1886)
References
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemithea Duponchel, 1829". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=13242.0&&. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ 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
- Savela, Markku. "Hemithea Duponchel, 1829". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/hemithea/. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3012121 entry
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