Hypomecis
"Boarmia" redirects here. As invalidly proposed by Stephens in 1829, this refers to the moth genus Ectropis.
| Hypomecis | |
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| Hypomecis sp. from southern India | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hypomecis Hübner, 1821 |
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Hypomecis is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi oblique, raching beyond the frons and fringed with hair below. Fore wings with slightly crenulate cilia. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 from near upper angle. Typically with vein 10 and 11 arise from cell. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Cilia crenulate.[1]
Ecology
Most of them are patterned cryptically and when they sit on bark, the markings appear like patches of lichen. Studies have shown that they choose the site for resting with care so that the pattern of crypsis is enhanced.[2]
Selected species
Species include:
- Hypomecis brevifasciata (Wileman, 1911)
- Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888)
- Hypomecis corticea (Bastelberger, 1911)
- Hypomecis formosana (Wileman, 1912)
- Hypomecis intectaria (Walker 1863)
- Hypomecis monotona (Inoue, 1978)
- Hypomecis nudicosta Inoue, 1983
- Hypomecis obliquisigna (Wileman, 1912)
- Hypomecis percnioides (Wehrli, 1943)
- Hypomecis punctinalis – Pale Oak Beauty
- Hypomecis roboraria – Great Oak Beauty
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.
- ↑ CK Kang; JY Moon; SI Lee; P.G. Jablonski (2012). "Camouflage through an active choice of a resting spot and body orientation in moths.". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25 (9): 1695–1702. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02557.x.
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