Gymnoscelis

Gymnoscelis, the pugs, is a large genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Paul Mabille in 1868.

Gymnoscelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Gymnoscelis
Mabille, 1868[1]
Synonyms
  • Dolerosceles Meyrick, 1889
  • Iramba Moore, 1887

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia with a terminal spur pair, and rarely with a very minute medial pair. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests. Forewings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked, and vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with veins 7 to 9 to form areole. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 as well. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to beyond middle of cell.[2]

Species
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References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Gymnoscelis Mabille 1868". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Hausmann, A., 2009, New and interesting geometrid moths from the Cape Verde islands (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 37 (146): 241-247.
  • Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2009: 3. Contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tahiti Gymnoscelis barbuti n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse 65 (3): 41-42.
  • Vojnits, A.M. 1994: New Eupithecia, Gymnoscelis and Chloroclystis species from Africa and Arabia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Larentiinae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (3): 265-271.


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