Corymica
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Genus: | Corymica Walker, 1860
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Corymica is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi reaching well beyond the frons and fringed with hair. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings of male with a very large fovea of hyaline membrane. The apex acute and somewhat rounded. The outer margin crenulate near apex. Inner margin highly excised from middle to outer angle. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7,8,9 stalked and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and[1] connected with vein 8 and 9. Hindwings with costa excised beyond middle. vein 3 from before angle of cell.
Species
- Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860
- Corymica deducta (Walker, 1866)
- Corymica latimarginata Swinhoe, 1902
- Corymica pardalota Prout, 1931
- Corymica pryeri (Butler, 1878)
- Corymica specularia (Moore, [1868])
- Corymica vesicularia (Walker, 1866)
References
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.[permanent dead link ]
- Corymica at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database