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Zamarada

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Ennominae

Scientific name
  
Zamarada

Higher classification
  
Cassymini

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Geometridae

Tribe
  
Cassymini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Geometer moth, Butterflies and moths, Ennominae, Cyligramma latona, Stoermeriana

Zamarada is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. The type species is Zamarada translucida. Over 250 species and 35 subspecies (including nominates) have been listed.

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Description

Palpi short, porrect and roughly scaled. Antennae bipectinate to two-thirds length in both sexes, with longer branches in male than in female. Hind tibia not dilated. Fore wings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 free. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell.

Selected species

  • Zamarada aureomarginata
  • Zamarada baliata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  • Zamarada denticulata Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada differens
  • Zamarada eogenaria (Snellen, 1881)
  • Zamarada eucharis
  • Zamarada exigua
  • Zamarada nesiotica Fletcher, 1974
  • Zamarada scriptifasciata (Walker, 1862)
  • Zamarada ucatoides Holloway

    • References

    Zamarada Wikipedia
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