Somatina

Somatina
Somatina cf. plynusaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Somatina
Guenée, [1858][1]
Synonyms
  • Nebessa Walker, 1869
  • Somatinopsis Warren, 1896
  • Somatodes Guenée, [1858]

Somatina is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Species similar to Problepsis, differ in antennae of male usually being ciliated. Fore wings with vein 10 arising from veins 7,8,9 anastomosing with vein 11, and then with veins 8,9 to form a double areole.[2]

Species

References

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  1. Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  2. 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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