Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Larentiinae Phylum Arthropoda | Class Insecta Family Geometridae Tribe Asthenini Rank Genus | |
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Polynesia is a genus of moth in the Geometridae family. Species are found throughout India, Sri Lanka and Andaman Islands.
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Description
Palpi slender, obliquely upturned, and reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Hind tibia of male with a terminal pair of small spurs. Female with two pairs of spurs. Fore wings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Vein 6 from or from above angle of cell. Veins 7,8,9,10 and 11 stalked from upper angle, or with a minute areole at their base. Hind wings with the outer margin produced to points at veins 7 and 4. The cell very short. Veins 3,4 and 6,7 on long stalks. Vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 8 form close to end of cell, and then much curved.
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Polynesia (moth) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA