Eumelea

Eumelea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Eumelea
Eumelea rosalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Desmobathrinae
Genus:
Eumelea

Duncan [& Westwood], 1841

Description

Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect (extended forward) and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hindwings 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
  1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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