Eumelea

Eumelea
	Eumelea rosalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Desmobathrinae
Genus:	Eumelea; Duncan [& Westwood], 1841

Eumelea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description

Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect (extended forward) and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Vein 6, 7 stalked.^[1]

Species

Eumelea biflavata Warren, 1896
Eumelea djingga Sommerer, 1995
Eumelea duponchelii (Montrouzier, 1856)
Eumelea feliciata Guenée, 1857
Eumelea florinata Guenée, 1857
Eumelea genuina Kirsch 1877
Eumelea ludovicata Guenée, 1857
Eumelea obesata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Eumelea parda Sommerer, 1995
Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, [1781])
Eumelea rubrifusa Warren, 1896
Eumelea stipata Turner, 1930
Eumelea unilineata Warren, 1897

References

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

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Eumelea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

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

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