Eucrostes

Eucrostes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Eucrostes
Hübner, [1823]
Type species
Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Euchrostis Zeller, 1872 (emend.)
  • Euchrostes Gumppenberg, 1887 (emend.)

Eucrostes is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi reaching just beyond the frons and roughly scaled. Antennae of male bipectinated for two-thirds length. Hind tibia with one spur pair in both sexes. Fore wings with veins 3,4 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with frenulum absent. The outer margin rounded. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked.[1]

Species

Former species

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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