Chesias | |
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Chesias rufata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Chesiadini |
Genus: | Chesias Treitschke, 1825 |
Chesias is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Treitschke in 1825. [1]
The streak is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern and western Europe and north Africa. It is common in Britain, but local and confined to the north in Ireland. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Camptogramma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by James Francis Stephens in 1831. It is considered by some to be a synonym of Euphyia.
Scotopteryx is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in Entephria.
Ennomos is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.
Cidaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.
Colostygia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Euphyia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Eustroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Gnophos is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A mostly Old World lineage, it is abundant in the Palearctic, with some North American species as well; in Europe six species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known species altogether in several recognized subgenera, with new ones still being discovered occasionally.
Horisme is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Lomographa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Nebula is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846.
Perizoma is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is the type genus of tribe Perizomini in subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe is considered monotypic by those who include the genera Gagitodes, Martania and Mesotype in Perizoma. Some other less closely related species formerly placed here are now elsewhere in the Larentiinae, e.g. in Entephria of the tribe Larentiini.
Chesiadini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe was described by Stephens in 1850.
Chesias rufata, the broom-tip, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It has a wide range in central and western Europe, including Great Britain and Ireland. It is also found from Morocco to Asia Minor.The species prefers heaths, bushy slopes and rocky valleys which favour its foodplants.It is found up to 1,500m in the Alps.
Chesias capriata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1904. It is found in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and on Sardinia and Sicily.
Chesias isabella is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Schawerda in 1915. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal.
Chesias rhegmatica is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1937. It is endemic to Cyprus.
Chesias angeri is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Italy.
Sterrhini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 825 species in 19 genera. There are also 6 genera with 36 species tentatively associated with the tribe. The tribe was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892.