Family Geometridae | Rank Genus | |
Similar Grass emerald, Pseudoterpna coronillaria, Hemithea, Scotopteryx mucronata, Blotched emerald |
Description
Palpi porrect, the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the sharp frontal tuft, where the third joint naked and varying in length. Hind tibia of male usually dilated and typically ending in a slight process on upperside and with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and two pairs of short spurs. Abdomen with short spreading dorsal tufts on medial segments. Both wings with crenulate margin. Fore wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Vein 5 from below upper angle and vein 6 from angle. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked and vein 11 free or anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings long and vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from near upper angle and vein 7 from before angle.
Species
References
Pseudoterpna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA