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Eucrostes

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Eucrostes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Hemitheini
Genus: Eucrostes
Hübner, [1823]
Type species
Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Euchrostis Zeller, 1872 (emend.)
  • Euchrostes Gumppenberg, 1887 (emend.)

Eucrostes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Description

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Palpi reaching just beyond the frons and roughly scaled. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) for two-thirds of their length. Hind tibia with one spur pair in both sexes. Forewings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with frenulum absent. The outer margin rounded. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.[1]

Species

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Former species

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References

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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.