Zamarada

Zamarada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Cossina
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Cassymini
Genus: Zamarada
Moore, 1887

Zamarada is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. The type species is Zamarada translucida. Over 250 species and 35 subspecies (including nominates) have been listed.[1]

Description

Palpi short, porrect and roughly scaled. Antennae bipectinate to two-thirds lenth in both sexes, with longer branches in male than in female. Hind tibia not dilated. Fore wings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 free. Hind wings with vein 3 from angle of cell.[2]

Selected species

Notes

  1. Parsons, Mark S.; et al. (1999), "The Catalogue", in Scoble, M. J., Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 0-643-06304-8
  2. 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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