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Zeheba
Zeheba aureatoides - Malaysia, Fraser's Hill
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Zeheba

Moore, [1887]

Zeheba is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Moore in 1887.[1]

Description

Palpi short, porrect (extending forward) and roughly scaled. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia dilated, with a fold and tuft of long hair on inner side. Forewings highly falcate (sickle shaped) at apex. The outer margin excised from the apex to vein 4, then oblique to outer angle. Vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked, vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Hindwings with short and broad cell. Vein 7 and 8 being much arched near base. Vein 3 from angle of cell. The outer margin produced at the vein in male and highly angled at vein 4 in female.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Zeheba Moore, [1887]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.