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 moth in the family Geometridae. 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 and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hind wings 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. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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[1] 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.

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