''Eumelea'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
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. It was described by
James Duncan and
John O. Westwood in 1841. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout
China
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,
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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and
Myanmar
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.
Description
Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect (extended forward) and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Vein 6, 7 stalked.
Species
* ''
Eumelea biflavata''
Warren, 1896
* ''
Eumelea djingga''
Sommerer, 1995
* ''
Eumelea duponchelii''
(Montrouzier, 1856)
* ''
Eumelea feliciata''
Guenée, 1857
* ''
Eumelea florinata''
Guenée, 1857
* ''
Eumelea genuina''
Kirsch 1877
* ''
Eumelea ludovicata''
Guenée, 1857
* ''
Eumelea obesata''
Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
* ''
Eumelea parda''
Sommerer, 1995
* ''
Eumelea rosalia''
(Stoll, 781
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* ''
Eumelea rubrifusa''
Warren, 1896
* ''
Eumelea stipata''
Turner, 1930
* ''
Eumelea unilineata''
Warren, 1897
References
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