''Somatina'' is a genus of

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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 ...

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 1858.

Description

The genus is similar to '' Problepsis'', but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 10 arising from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole.

Species

*'' Somatina accraria'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Somatina anthophilata'' Guenée,

858 __NOTOC__ Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...

/small> *'' Somatina apicipuncta'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina centrofasciaria'' (Leech, 1897) *'' Somatina chalyboeata'' (Walker, 1869) *'' Somatina ctenophora'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina densifasciaria'' Inoue, 1992 *'' Somatina discata'' Warren, 1909 *'' Somatina eurymitra'' Turner, 1926 *'' Somatina figurata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Somatina fletcheri'' Herbulot, 1958 *'' Somatina fraus'' Prout, 1916 *'' Somatina fungifera'' Warren, 1909 *'' Somatina hombergi'' Herbulot, 1967 *'' Somatina impunctulata'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Somatina ioscia'' Prout, 1932 *'' Somatina irregularis'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Somatina lemairei'' Herbulot, 1978 *'' Somatina lia'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina macroanthophilata'' Xue, 1992 *'' Somatina maeandrata'' Prout, 1925 *'' Somatina mozambica'' (Thierry-Mieg, 1905) *'' Somatina nigridiscata'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Somatina obscuriciliata'' Wehrli, 1924 *'' Somatina omicraria'' (Fabricius, 1798) *'' Somatina ossicolor'' Warren, 1898 *'' Somatina plynusaria'' (Walker,

863 __NOTOC__ Year 863 ( DCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 3 – Battle of Lalakaon: A Byzantine army confronts an invasion by Muslim forces, led by Um ...

*'' Somatina postlineata'' (Warren, 1899) *'' Somatina probleptica'' Prout, 1917 *'' Somatina prouti'' Janse, 1934 *'' Somatina purpurascens'' Moore,

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/small> *'' Somatina pythiaria'' (Guenée,

*'' Somatina rhodochila'' Prout, 1932 *'' Somatina rosacea'' Swinhoe, 1894 *'' Somatina rufifascia'' Warren, 1896 *'' Somatina sanctithomae'' Herbulot, 1958 *'' Somatina sedata'' Prout, 1922 *'' Somatina sublucens'' (Warren, 1907) *'' Somatina subviridata'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Somatina syneorus'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina transvehens'' Prout, 1918 *'' Somatina vestalis'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Somatina virginalis'' Prout, 1917 *'' Somatina wiltshirei'' Prout, 1938

References

External links

* Scopulini {{Sterrhinae-stub