Amblychia

Amblychia
Amblychia angeronaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Amblychia
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
  • Elphos Guenée, 1857

Amblychia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head and fringed with long hair in front. Antenna of male usually bipectinated with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia usually dilated and with a tuft of hair from base on inner side. Forewings of male with fovea. Apex somewhat acute and produced. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with produced outer margin at vein 4. Vein 3 fro before angle of cell.[1]

Species

female

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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