Stegania is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845.
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| Stegania trimaculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Abraxini |
| Genus: | Stegania Guenée, 1845[1] |
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Description
editThe palpi are minute, slender, porrect (extending forward) and hairy. The hind tibia is slightly dilated. Forewings with stalked veins 7, 8 and 9, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent.[2]
Species
edit- Stegania cararia (Hubner, 1790)
- Stegania dalmataria Guenée, 1857
- Stegania dilectaria (Hubner, 1790)
- Stegania frixa (Prout, 1937)
- Stegania mesonephele (Wiltshire, 1967)
- Stegania ochrearia Bang-Haas, 1910
- Stegania oranaria (Wehrli, 1930)
- Stegania postrecta (Wehrli, 1930)
- Stegania trimaculata (Villers, 1789)
- Stegania wiltshirei (Ebert, 1965)
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Stegania Guenee 1845". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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