Erateina
| Erateina | |
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| Erateina zoraida. Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Erateinini |
| Genus: | Erateina Doubleday, 1848 |
Erateina is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Species
This genus contains 85 described species, including:
- Erateina amazonia
- Erateina artabates
- Erateina attali
- Erateina garrulata
- Erateina julia
- Erateina kuczynskii
- Erateina leptograta
- Erateina meduthina
- Erateina puellaastuta
- Erateina radiata
- Erateina rogersi
- Erateina siliquata
- Erateina staudingeri
- Erateina subjunctaria
- Erateina undulata
- Erateina zoraida
Description
Species of this genus have a more or less elongated, caudate hindwings and a peculiar wing shape, characterized by the anal lobe of the males. They lack of a frenulum (in both sexes).
Habitat
These day-flying moths are typically montane and can be found in Neotropical cloud forests.
References
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Pyrcz T.W. ; Stachowicz I. & Garlacz R., 2013: A new Andean element in the lepidopterous fauna of the Guiana Shield: the day-flying genus Erateina Doubleday, with the description of two new species from Roraima, Tramen and Auyán Tepui (Geometridae: Larentiinae). Genus, 24 (3-4): 291-301. Full article: .
- Viidalepp, J. 2011: A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 1–44. Preview
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