Amblychia

Amblychia
	Amblychia angeronaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Boarmiini
Genus:	Amblychia; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
	Elphos Guenée, 1857;

Amblychia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Description[edit]

Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head and fringed with long hair in front. Antenna of male usually bipectinated with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia usually dilated and with a tuft of hair from base on inner side. Forewings of male with fovea. Apex somewhat acute and produced. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with produced outer margin at vein 4. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.^[1]

Species[edit]

Amblychia angeronaria Guenée, 1857
Amblychia cavimargo (Prout, 1925)
Amblychia hymenaria (Guenée, 1857)
Amblychia infoveata Prout, 1932
Amblychia lutulenta (West)
Amblychia moltrechti (Bastelberger, 1909)
Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925)
Amblychia pardicelata (Walker, [1863])
Amblychia praeumbrata (Warren, 1893)
Amblychia sauteri (Prout, 1914)
Amblychia sommereri Holloway, 1993
Amblychia subrubida (Warren, 1896)
Amblychia torrida Moore

References[edit]

^ 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. "Amblychia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". 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. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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