Biology:Scardamia
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Scardamia Guenée, 1857
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Scardamia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi smoothly scaled and not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinated. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle and veins 10 and 11 stalked, anastomosing with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 7 from before upper angle.[1]
Species
- Scardamia aurantiacaria Bremer, 1864
- Scardamia bractearia (Walker, 1860)
- Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 (Australia)
- Scardamia iographa Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Malaysia)
- Scardamia ithyzona Turner, 1919 (Australia)
- Scardamia maculata Warren, 1897 ( Central & E.Africa, Madagascar)
- Scardamia metallaria Guenée, 1858 (India, S.E.Asia, Australia)
- Scardamia nubilicosta L. B. Prout, 1932 (Congo, Nigeria)
- Scardamia obliquaria Leech, 1897
- Scardamian seminigra Prout, 1925
- Scardamia xylosmaria Sato, C.M. Fu & Kawakami, 2011 (Japan)
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
- "Taxonomy Browser: Scardamia". http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=96926. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Scardamia Guenée, 1857". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/609230. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q7430338 entry
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