Idaea (moth)

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Idaea
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Idaea aversata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Sterrhini
Genus: Idaea
Treitschke, 1825
Synonyms
  • AndragruposHampson, 1891
  • AniaStephens, 1831
  • AnteoisWarren, 1900
  • ArgyrosceliaWarren, 1907
  • AphrogeneiaGumppenberg, 1890
  • BrachyprotaWarren, 1897
  • CacoristaWarren, 1899
  • CarphoxeraRiley, 1891
  • CysteophoraHulst, 1900
  • DeinopygiaWarren, 1904
  • EuphenoliaGrossbeck, 1907
  • HemipogonWarren, 1897
  • HirthestesDognin, 1914
  • HyriogonaWarren, 1900
  • JanardaMoore, 1888
  • LimeriaStaudinger, 1892
  • LeptacmeWarren, 1897
  • LoburaWarren, 1906
  • LophophlepsHampson, 1891
  • LophosisHulst, 1896
  • MnesterodesMeyrick, 1889
  • NeochrysaWarren, 1900
  • OmoperaWarren, 1906
  • PareupithexWarren, 1907
  • PogonogyaWarren, 1900
  • PolygraphodesWarren, 1897
  • ProspastaWarren, 1900
  • PtenopodaHulst, 1896
  • PtychopodaCurtis, 1826
  • PyctisHübner, 1825
  • PythodoraMeyrick, 1886
  • SchematorhagesWarren, 1905
  • SterrhaHübner, 1825
  • StrophoptilaWarren, 1897
  • SynomilaHulst, 1896
  • ThysanotrichaWarren, 1903
  • XenocentrisMeyrick, 1889
  • ZeuctoneuraWarren, 1895

Idaea, sometimes called Hyriogona (among other synonyms), is a large genus of geometer moths. It was erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825. They are found nearly worldwide, with many native to the Mediterranean, the African savannas, and the deserts of western Asia. [1] [2]

As of 2013, there were about 680 species in the genus. [1]

Selected species

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References

  1. 1 2 Choi, S. W. & Kim, S. S. (2013). "Six new records of Idaea Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) from Korea". Entomological Research. 43 (1): 27-33.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Idaea Treitschke, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 31, 2019.