''Zamarada'' 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 ...
, first described by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1887. The species type is ''Zamarada translucida''. Over 250 species and 35 subspecies (including nominates) have been listed.
Description
Moths in this genus have short,
porrect palpi and roughly scaled with bipectinate (comb like on both sides) antennae that present with longer branches in male than female moths. Their hind tibia are not dilated. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell.
Selected species
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Zamarada aureomarginata''
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Zamarada baliata''
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Zamarada denticulata''
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
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Zamarada differens''
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Zamarada eogenaria''
(Snellen, 1881)
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Zamarada eucharis
''Zamarada eucharis'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782, from Sierra Leone (not Brazil as mentioned in the original description). It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sie ...
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Zamarada exigua
''Zamarada exigua'' is a geometer moth
The geometer moths are moths 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 ...
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Zamarada metallicata''
Warren, 1914
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Zamarada nesiotica''
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
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Zamarada scriptifasciata''
(Walker, 1862)
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Zamarada ucatoides
''Zamarada'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. The species type is ''Zamarada translucida''. Over 250 species and 35 subspecies (including nominates) have been listed.
Description
Moths in ...
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Holloway
Notes
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Abraxini
Geometridae genera
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