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Scardamia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Ennominae

Similar
  
Hypomecis, Abraxas, Ennominae

Scardamia is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

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Description

Palpi smoothly scaled and not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinated. Hind tibia not dilated. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle fo cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle and veins 10 and 11 stalked, anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 7 from before upper angle.

Species

  • Scardamia aurantiacaria Bremer, 1864
  • Scardamia bractearia (Walker, 1860)
  • Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 (Australia)
  • Scardamia iographa Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Malaysia)
  • Scardamia ithyzona Turner, 1919 (Australia)
  • Scardamia maculata Warren, 1897 ( Central & E.Africa, Madagascar)
  • Scardamia metallaria GuenĂ©e, 1858 (India, S.E.Asia, Australia)
  • Scardamia nubilicosta Prout L. B., 1932 (Congo, Nigeria)
  • Scardamia obliquaria Leech, 1897
  • Scardamian seminigra Prout, 1925
  • Scardamia xylosmaria Sato, C.M. Fu & Kawakami, 2011 (Japan)

    • References

    Scardamia Wikipedia
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