Puneet Varma (Editor)

Erastria

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Ennominae

Similar
  
Amyna axis, Zamarada, Polydesma umbricola, Cyligramma, Euchlaena

Erastria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Contents

Description

Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head, where the second joint clothed with long hair below, and third joint prominent. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax roughly scaled but tuftless. Abdomen with strong dorsal tufts, and shorter than the hind wings. Fore wings with long and narrow areole. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from cell. Legs naked. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

  • Erastria albicatena (Warren, 1895) (from South Africa)
  • Erastria albosignata (Walker, 1863) (from subtropical Africa)
  • Erastria coloraria (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Erastria cruentaria (Hübner, 1796–99)
  • Erastria canente (Cramer, 1779) (from India)
  • Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, 1823)
  • Erastria fletcheri (Viette, 1970) (from Madagascar)
  • Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875) (from subtropical Africa)
  • Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833) (from subtropical Africa)
  • Erastria marginata (Swinhoe, 1904) (from Ethiopia)
  • Erastria nodieri (Oberthür, 1912) (from Senegal)
  • Erastria viridirufaria (Neumoegen, 1881)

    • References

    Erastria Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA