Timandra (moth)

Timandra
The blood-vein moths, Timandra comae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Tribe: Timandrini
Genus: Timandra
Duponchel, 1829
Species
  • Bradyepetes Stephens, 1831
  • Bradypetes Agassiz, 1847

Timandra is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinated. Apex simple. Hind tibia of male with two spur pairs. Fore wings with acute and produced apex. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7,8,9 stalked. Vein 10 anastomosing with veins 8,9 to form the areole. Hind wings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 4, veins 6,7 from angle of cell.[1]

Species

References

  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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