Somatina
| Somatina | |
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| Somatina cf. plynusaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini |
| Genus: | Somatina Guenée, [1858][1] |
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Somatina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Description[edit]
The genus is similar to Problepsis, but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 10 arising from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole.[2]
Species[edit]
- Somatina accraria Swinhoe, 1904
- Somatina anthophilata Guenée, [1858]
- Somatina apicipuncta Prout, 1915
- Somatina centrofasciaria (Leech, 1897)
- Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869)
- Somatina ctenophora Prout, 1915
- Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992
- Somatina discata Warren, 1909
- Somatina eurymitra Turner, 1926
- Somatina figurata Warren, 1897
- Somatina fletcheri Herbulot, 1958
- Somatina fraus Prout, 1916
- Somatina fungifera Warren, 1909
- Somatina hombergi Herbulot, 1967
- Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901)
- Somatina ioscia Prout, 1932
- Somatina irregularis (Warren, 1898)
- Somatina lemairei Herbulot, 1978
- Somatina lia Prout, 1915
- Somatina macroanthophilata Xue, 1992
- Somatina maeandrata Prout, 1925
- Somatina mozambica (Thierry-Mieg, 1905)
- Somatina nigridiscata (Warren, 1896)
- Somatina obscuriciliata Wehrli, 1924
- Somatina omicraria (Fabricius, 1798)
- Somatina ossicolor Warren, 1898
- Somatina plynusaria (Walker, [1863])
- Somatina postlineata (Warren, 1899)
- Somatina probleptica Prout, 1917
- Somatina prouti Janse, 1934
- Somatina purpurascens Moore, [1887]
- Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, [1858])
- Somatina rhodochila Prout, 1932
- Somatina rosacea Swinhoe, 1894
- Somatina rufifascia Warren, 1896
- Somatina sanctithomae Herbulot, 1958
- Somatina sedata Prout, 1922
- Somatina sublucens (Warren, 1907)
- Somatina subviridata (Warren, 1901)
- Somatina syneorus Prout, 1915
- Somatina transvehens Prout, 1918
- Somatina vestalis (Butler, 1875)
- Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
- Somatina wiltshirei Prout, 1938
References[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to Somatina.
- ^ Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links[edit]
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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