Cidaria
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Genus: | Cidaria Treitschke, 1825
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Cidaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.
Description
Palpi clothed with hair and reaching beyond the slight frontal tuft. Antennae of male typically minutely serrated and fasciculated. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 6 on or from just above upper angle. Vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11 and then with veins 8 and 9 to form the double areole. Hindwings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. The discocellulars oblique and vein 5 from or from above their middle. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.[1]
Species
- Cidaria antauges Prout, 1938
- Cidaria basharica Bang-Haas, 1927
- Cidaria deletaria Hampson, 1902
- Cidaria distinctata Staudinger, 1892
- Cidaria fulvata (Forster, 1771) – barred yellow
- Cidaria luteata Choi, 1997
- Cidaria nugata Felder, 1875
- Cidaria ochracearia Leech, 1897
- Cidaria ochreata Staudinger, 1895
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.
- Savela, Markku. "Cidaria Treitschke, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.