Agathia

Agathia
	Agathia laetata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Tribe:	Geometrini
Genus:	Agathia; Guenée, [1858]
Synonyms
	Hypagathia Inoue, 1961; Lophochlora Warren, 1894;

Agathia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

Description

Palpi with second joint upturned and reaching vertex of head, and third joint porrect (extending forward), which is short in male and long in female. Antennae almost simple. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and ending in a short process on upperside. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 approximating to vein 7 to near middle of cell. The outer margin produced to a point at vein 4.^[1]

Species

Agathia affluens Prout, 1937
Agathia arcuata Moore, [1868]
Agathia carissima Butler, 1878
Agathia codina Swinhoe, 1892
Agathia conviridaria Hübner, 1823
Agathia cristifera (Walker, 1861)
Agathia deliciosa Holloway & Sommerer, 1984
Agathia diplochorda Prout, 1916
Agathia distributa Lucas, 1891
Agathia diversiformis Warren, 1894
Agathia eromenoides Holloway, 1996
Agathia gigantea Butler, 1880
Agathia hemithearia Guenee, 1857
Agathia kuehni Warren, 1898
Agathia laetata (Fabricius, 1794)
Agathia laqueifera Prout, 1912
Agathia largita Holloway, 1996
Agathia lycaenaria (Kollar, 1848)
Agathia magnifica Moore, 1879
Agathia magnificentia Inoue, 1978
Agathia muluensis Holloway, 1996
Agathia obsoleta Warren, 1897
Agathia ochrotypa Turner, 1922
Agathia pisina Butler, 1887
Agathia prasinaspis Meyrick, 1889
Agathia quinaria Moore, [1868]
Agathia rubrilineata Warren, 1896
Agathia solaria Swinhoe, 1905
Agathia succedanea Warren, 1897
Agathia vicina (Bastelberger, 1911)
Agathia visenda Prout, 1917

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Agathia Guenée, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 24, 2018.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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