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Platycerota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Ennominae

Similar
  
Pingasa, Plagodis, Ourapteryx, Arichanna melanaria, Ennominae

Platycerota is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi hairy and not reaching beyond frons. Antennae of male flattened and thickened with appressed serrations. Hind tibia not dilated. Fore wings with rounded apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7,8,9 stalked from before angle of cell. Veins 10,11 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and veins 10 with 8 and 9. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell.

References

Platycerota Wikipedia