''Cidaria'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...

. It was erected by

Georg Friedrich Treitschke Georg Friedrich Treitschke (; 29 August 1776 – 4 June 1842) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist. In 1800, he came to the Vienna Hofoper. From 1809 to 1814, he was principal of the Viennese Theater an der Wien. He wrote mo ...

in 1825.

Description

Palpi clothed with hair and reaching beyond the slight frontal tuft. Antennae of male typically minutely serrated and fasciculated. Hind tibia with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 6 on or from just above upper angle. Vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11 and then with veins 8 and 9 to form the double areole. Hindwings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. The discocellulars oblique and vein 5 from or from above their middle. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.

Species

* '' Cidaria antauges'' Prout, 1938 * '' Cidaria basharica'' Bang-Haas, 1927 * '' Cidaria deletaria'' Hampson, 1902 * '' Cidaria distinctata'' Staudinger, 1892 * '' Cidaria fulvata'' (Forster, 1771) – barred yellow * '' Cidaria luteata'' Choi, 1997 * '' Cidaria nugata'' Felder, 1875 * '' Cidaria ochracearia'' Leech, 1897 * '' Cidaria ochreata'' Staudinger, 1895

References

* * Cidariini {{Cidariini-stub