Rank Genus | Family Geometridae Scientific name Eumelea Higher classification Desmobathrinae | |
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Similar Geometer moth, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Celerena, Comostola | ||
Eumelea is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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Description
Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Vein 6,7 stalked.
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