Eucrostes Disparata
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''Eucrostes'' 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
Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1823.


Description

Palpi reaching just beyond the frons and roughly scaled. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) for two-thirds of their length. Hind tibia with one spur pair in both sexes. Forewings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with frenulum absent. The outer margin rounded. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.


Species

* '' Eucrostes astigmatica'' L. B. Prout, 1916 * '' Eucrostes beatificata'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Eucrostes disparata'' (Walker, 1861) * '' Eucrostes indigenata'' (Villers, 1789) (Mediterranean) * '' Eucrostes pygmaea'' Rebel, 1907 * '' Eucrostes rhodophthalma'' L. B. Prout, 1912 * '' Eucrostes rufociliaria'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 * '' Eucrostes solivaga'' Herbulot, 1972


Former species

*'' Eucrostes kafebera'' Swinhoe, 1894 (from India)


References

* * * Hemitheini Geometrinae Geometridae genera {{Geometrinae-stub