''Cassyma'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Geometridae first described by
Achille Guenée in 1857. Its species are found primarily in
South
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and
Southeast Asia
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.
Species
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Cassyma amplexaria''
( Walker, 1862)
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Cassyma chrotadelpha''
Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
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Cassyma chrotodon''
(Prout
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Surname
* Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (1942–2009), British politician
* Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English composer, music theorist, writer and teacher
* Elizabeth Prout (1820–1864), Catholic nun and Servant of Go ...
, 1925)
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Cassyma deletaria''
(Moore, 1888)
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Cassyma electrodes''
Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
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Cassyma erythrodon''
Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
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Cassyma indistincta''
(Moore, 1887)
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Cassyma lucifera''
(Warren
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, 1903)
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Cassyma pallidula''
Warren, 1896
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Cassyma quadrinata''
Guenée, 1857
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Cassyma sciticincta''
(Walker, 1863)
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Cassyma undifasciata''
(Butler, 1892)
References
*Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016)
"Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number" Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
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Abraxini
Geometridae
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