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Pseudoterpnini
The Pseudoterpnini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. The tribe was described by Warren in 1893. It was alternatively treated as subtribe Pseudoterpniti by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996. Distribution Pseudoterpnini are widely distributed in the Old World, from western Europe to the western Pacific, in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions. Diversity The tribe consists of over 300 species in 34 genera: *'' Absala'' Swinhoe, 1893 *'' Actenochroma'' Warren, 1893 *'' Aeolochroma'' Prout, 1912 *'' Aplasta'' Hübner, 8231816 *'' Austroterpna'' Goldfinch, 1929 *'' Calleremites'' Warren, 1894 *'' Crypsiphona'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Cyneoterpna'' Prout, 1912 (=''Autanepsia'' Turner, 1910) *'' Dindica'' Moore, 1888 (=''Perissolophia'' Warren, 1893) *'' Dindicodes'' Prout, 1912 *'' Epipristis'' Meyrick, 1888 (=''Terpnidia'' Butler, 1892, ''Pingarmia'' Sterneck, 1927) *'' Heliomystis'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Herochroma'' Swinhoe, 1893 (=''Chloroclydon'' Warren, 1894, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoterpna Coronillaria
''Pseudoterpna coronillaria'', the Jersey emerald or gorse emerald, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is known from Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Samos, Rhodes, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, northern Jordan and North Africa. It has not been reported from mainland Great Britain, but is present on Jersey, where it was previously overlooked as a form of the grass emerald, until 2001 when it was correctly identified. The wingspan is . They are on wing in June and July in western Europe. The larvae feed on ''Genista tinctoria'', ''Ulex'' species and broom (shrub), broom. Subspecies *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria coronillaria'' (Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees, western and southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, north-western Italy up to northern Tuscany) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria algirica'' Wehrli, 1929 (North Africa) *''Pseudoterpna coronillaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |