Trygodes

Trygodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Genus: Trygodes

Trygodes is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi slender, and reaching just beyond the frons. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind legs much reduced, tibia dilated with a large tuft of long hair from base and without spurs. Abdomen with lateral tufts of hair towards extremity. Fore wings with vein 3 from angle of cell and vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked, and vein 11 anastomosing slightly with them to form the areole. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars.[1]

References

  1. 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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