Chrysocraspeda

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Chrysocraspeda is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893.[1]

Chrysocraspeda
Chrysocraspeda plumbeofusa from Borneo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Cosymbiini
Genus: Chrysocraspeda
C. Swinhoe, 1893
Synonyms
  • Heteroctenis Prout, 1916
  • Chrysocraspeda Hampson, 1895
  • Chrysolene Warren, 1897
  • Ptochophyle Warren, 1896

Description

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Palpi minute and hardly reaching the frons. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 stalked. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell or on a short stalk.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe 1893". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Expósito Hermosa, A., 2006: A new species of the genus Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1893 from Philippines Islands (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologica 34 (134): 145–147.
  • Herbulot, C., 1999: Nouveaux Géométrides de Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 16 (4): 303–309.
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