''Cassyma'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
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first described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...
in 1857. Its species are found primarily in
South
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
and
Southeast Asia
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.
Species
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Cassyma amplexaria''
(Walker
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People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1862)
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Cassyma chrotadelpha''
Sommerer & Stuning, 1992
*''
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 G ...
, 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
*''
Cassyma indistincta''
(Moore, 1887)
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Cassyma lucifera''
(Warren
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* Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits
* Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named
Warren may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Warren (biogeographic region)
* War ...
, 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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