Venusia (moth)

Venusia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1839.

Venusia
Venusia cambrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Asthenini
Genus: Venusia
Curtis, 1839[1]
Synonyms
  • Discoloxia Warren, 1895

Species

Status unclear

  • Venusia participata (Sauter, 1869), described as Eupithecia participata from East Prussia. It is sometimes attributed to Grentzenberg instead of Sauter.[2]
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gollark: Lyric has done bad things. Gibson would likely do fewer. QED.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Venusia Curtis 1839". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Venusia participata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.


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