Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
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| Hyposidra picaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Hyposidra Guenée, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Hyposidra janiaria Guenée, 1857 | |
Description edit
Palpi hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male usually bipectinate (comb like on both sides) with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia rarely dilated and fringed with hair. Forewings of male with fovea. The costa arched towards apex, which is much produced. Vein 3 from just before angle of cell. The discocellulars angled below vein 5. Veins 7 to 9 stalked, from before upper angle and curved. Veins 10 and 11 usually stalked. Female with costa evenly arched. The outer margin excised below apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and vein 5 obsolescent. Vein 10 and 11 coincident. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell.[1]
Species edit
Some species of this genus are:
- Hyposidra altiviolescens (Holloway, 1993) — Borneo
- Hyposidra apicifulva (Warren, 1907) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra apioleuca (Prout, 1916) — Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo
- Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, [1863]) — China to Borneo
- Hyposidra castaneorufa (Rothschild 1915) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra incomptaria (Walker, 1866) — Malaysia to Solomons
- Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860) — Himalaya to Taiwan and Sundaland
- Hyposidra janiaria (Guenée, 1857) — Java to Australia
- Hyposidra leucomela (Walker, 1866) — Philippines
- Hyposidra nigricosta (Warren, 1896) — Indonesia/Moluccas
- Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866) — Sundaland
- Hyposidra plagosa (Rothschild, 1915) — New Guinea
- Hyposidra rufosarcuata (Holloway, 1993) — Sumatra & Borneo
- Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860) — India to Solomons
- Hyposidra violescens (Hampson, 1895) — Himalaya to Borneo
Former species edit
- Hyposidra muscula Bastelberger, 1911
References edit
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Holloway. The Moths of Borneo - Part XI.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 January 2014). "Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Hyposidra Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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