Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus | |
Medasina is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Description
Palpi upturned and fringed with hair. Antennae of male bipectinated to three-fourths length. Abdomen of male clothed with long hair below. Wings with crenulated margin. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 10 from cell, sometimes connected with veins 8 and 9. Vein 11 given off from vein 12, which rarely anastomosing with vein 10. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell.
References
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