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Monocerotesa Abraxides
''Monocerotesa'' is a genus of moth 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 .... Species *'' Monocerotesa abraxides'' (Prout, 1914) *'' Monocerotesa coalescens'' (Bastelberger, 1909) *'' Monocerotesa conjuncta'' (Wileman, 1912) *'' Monocerotesa flavescens'' Inoue, 1998 *'' Monocerotesa hypomesta'' (Prout, 1937) *'' Monocerotesa leptogramma'' Wehrli, 1937 *'' Monocerotesa levata'' (Prout, 1926) *'' Monocerotesa locoscripta'' Holloway, 1994 *'' Monocerotesa lutearia'' (Leech 1891) *'' Monocerotesa maculilinea'' (Warren, 1905) *'' Monocerotesa minuta'' (Warren, 1905) *'' Monocerotesa papuensis'' (Warren, 1907) *'' Monocerotesa phoeba'' (Prout, 1916) *'' Monocerotesa proximesta'' Holloway, 1994 *'' Monocerotesa pygmaearia'' (Leech 1897) *'' Monocerotes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...s belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek (derivative form of or "the earth"), and "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. Geometridae is a very large family, containing around 23,000 described species; over 1400 species from six subfamilies are indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been the subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pest (organism), pests. Caterpillars The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |