Biology:Medasina
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Genus: | Medasina Moore, [1887]
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Medasina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a junior subjective synonym of Chorodna. Species are distributed throughout India , Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Description
Palpi upturned and fringed with hair. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to three-fourths of their length. Abdomen of male clothed with long hair below. Wings with crenulated (scalloped) margin. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 10 from cell, sometimes connected with veins 8 and 9. Vein 11 given off from vein 12, which rarely anastomosing with vein 10. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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 ☰ Q6805156 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medasina.
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