Hyperythra
| Hyperythra | |
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| Hyperythra lutea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hyperythra Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 |
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Hyperythra is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi hairy and reaching well beyond the frons. A sharp frontal tuft. Antennae of male bipectinated to two-thirds length. Fore tibia with large process. Fore wings of male typically with a slight fovea below base of median nervure. The apex somewhat acute. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hind wings with outer margin crenulate and vein 3 from angle of cell. In some American species, males have a large membraneous vesicle at base of hind wing below, and no fovea to fore wings.[1]
Species
- Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, [1781])
- Hyperythra obliqua (Warren, 1894)
- Hyperythra phoenix Swinhoe, 1891
- Hyperythra rubricata Warren, 1898
- Hyperythra suspectaria (Walker, 1866)
- Hyperythra swinhoei Butler, 1880
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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